The WSJ today has a page one article discussing the case of a man, William Bruce, who murdered his wife. Clearly in the mind of the authors who write the...
Hi Matt, From what you have written I gather that the journalist and the advocates accepted the diagnosis of schizophrenia for William Bruce. Szasz believes...
... Yes, when the person is competent. From the article, Bruce sounds pretty coherent, so we can assume he's competent. But what about someone who isn't? Say...
Hi Mira, Downs syndrome and Alzheimers aren't mental illnesses ( although psychiatrists would like to encompass them in their diagnostic nosology to give say...
... Depends on how you define mental illness. Psychiatrists are the ones in whom the state vests the power to define them, and they include them. But I wasn't...
Yes, but should a person with a lesion who kills people be inv. committed or imprisoned? Why isn't epilepsy included in standard pathology books? Why cant...
... The standard explanation is that the prison lacks the facilities and expertise to properly care for the person. The psych institution doesn't have those...
Martin, What if person gets hit in head and can no longer make appropriate decisions? As a result, they killpeople, etc? What should we do? D ... From:...
Hi Matt, Getting hit in the head is a literal lesion. And like epilepsy, once a person knows they have this literal condition, assuming they can function...
To get back to the point: I have never heard of a case of someone with a genuine neurological condition such as epilepsy going out and commiting murder or any...
... When a person can respond consistently to questions about what is going on around him and what he wants then he is competent, when he can't do this he...
Dear ((((((((((((((((Jonny)))))))))))))))))))), I agree with u completely. For starters i do not believe that mental illness as in ill thinking has anything to...
Hi Elaine Thanks for your kind words. Yes of course there are cases of justifiable homicide, self defense, or people driven to their actions by circumstances -...
... The drugs will do this to them too. ... No, but neither is there an identifiable cause in epilepsy and other somatic afflictions. I.m.o. what disqualifies...
Hello Mira These are all very good points, except one: Of course there is such a thing as mind; without a mind we would be unable to think, feel, question,...
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