The political is medical and the medical is political. Solutions to a political problems are often medical, solutions to medical problems are frequently political.
You are drawing a line where there is none. Why? I believe artificial gatekeeping is what keeps societies sick and medicine underdeveloped. We need to take a look at all the factors affecting health, not just the ones that aren't ideologically inconvenient.
Oh, I understand, but I also openly wonder if you would argue the same way if said ideologically inconvenient considerations found their way to your 'side' of the argument?
Because then someone you consider politically opposed could theoretically define what sick means. I would invite you to think on this before you answer.
I am just a guy, but there are people who read HN and you may just give them an idea.
> mental health impacts, especially in young people; violence against women, girls, and gender minorities; and delegitimising help-seeking in boys and men
These are real life, observable, negative public health outcomes.
They don't need anyone to define them, they just are. The ideologically inconvenient thing is that some people's identity is tied up with the causes of above negative outcomes, causing them to violently reject critical examination.