Should a democratic mental health system be about distress?

There's a lot of reasons why this is a bad question. For a start the is a an answer. No. A democratic system should be about the vote of all the people.

But there's many points to consider other than that. A democratic system for example? Psychiatry is a power structure. It is a hierachy which dominates the public and patients. Foucault or someone smart like that probably said the same thing. It is empowered to do so but it fails its responsibility to fullfill the unwritten convenant the medical profession have with the people.

There's more too. Can't be arsed though.