Mental Health
Hubbard claimed the cause of mental illness is always an undiagnosed or untreated distressing physical illness,
"The CORRECT ACTION ON AN INSANE PATIENT IS A FULL SEARCHING CLINICAL EXAMINATION BY A COMPETENT MEDICAL DOCTOR. He may find disease, fractures, concussion, tumors or ANY COMMON ILLNESS which has escaped treatment and has become chronic. He should keep looking until he finds it. For it is there." (Caps in original)
and recommended building up the person's stamina with rest, security, nutrition and drugs (if necessary) before addressing the physical illness with standard medical treatment. Once the physical illness is resolved and the person's distress is relieved, he then recommended auditing.
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