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Reviews of The Medicalization of Everyday Life and Coercion as Cure   Message List  
Reply | Forward Message #1828 of 1997 |
Re: [ThomasSzaszDiscussion] Re: Reviews of The Medicalization of Everyday Life and Coercion as Cure

sangchenyeshe wrote:

> They might also go for the more convenient and legally sanctioned
> option of having you involuntarily committed!

LOL! I'm safe over here in Holland. Unless, of course, Obama has me
extradited to the US. And he won't, because my health insurance would
not be valid there. ;)
Wed Dec 3, 2008 10:31 pm

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Over on his blog 'A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land,' Scott Neigh reviews two of Szasz's recent books: The Medicalization of Everyday Life ... 		steven
sm20boy
Offline Send Email 		Nov 26, 2008
11:10 pm

... He's on the right track, and he does a fair job of representing Szasz's views. He rather reminds me of the six-year-old who has discovered that Santa Claus...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email 		Nov 27, 2008
9:18 am

Have not gotten to 'The Medicalization of Everyday Life' yet, but after reading the following in Szasz's latest, 'Psychiatry: The Science of Lies,' I don't...
sangchenyeshe
Offline Send Email 		Nov 30, 2008
1:08 pm

... Your quotation marks are apt. Maybe we should send him one of Szasz's books. Mira...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email 		Nov 30, 2008
8:40 pm

Hi Mira, As Dr. Szasz has just said in the Lew Rockwell interview, Democrats and Republicans are the same when it comes to psychiatry's relation to the state...
Martin Kessler
titaniummdk
Offline Send Email 		Dec 1, 2008
12:24 pm

... Being over here in Europe I had never heard of Leary (Denis, not Dennis), but I looked him up through Google. He strikes me as offensive, obnoxious, and...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email 		Dec 1, 2008
8:53 pm

Mira wrote: Parents of autistic children are perfectly justified to be outraged. What objective test is there for autism? Who performs the diagnosis? Is it by...
Martin Kessler
titaniummdk
Offline Send Email 		Dec 2, 2008
11:03 am

... There are tests, such as of the reflexes. However, autism is mainly a personality trait. It doesn't require testing because it doesn't belong in medicine...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email 		Dec 3, 2008
11:56 am

Thanks Mira, I always like your approach to my questions. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008 [Non-text portions...
Martin Kessler
titaniummdk
Offline Send Email 		Dec 4, 2008
1:59 am

... Sorry, I meant to add that I see no similarily. Dr. Szasz's books are indeed often misrepresented, usually by people who haven't read them. Mira...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email 		Dec 1, 2008
11:09 pm

Mira wrote: I meant to add that I see no similarity (my correction). Really? The people who commented on Leary's book also didn't read it. Martin To:...
Martin Kessler
titaniummdk
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11:02 am

Who watched Tom and Ellis's famous 1977 debate?   D ... From: mirah@... <mirah@...> Subject: Re: [ThomasSzaszDiscussion] Re: Reviews of The...
D Waters
cubyanks
Offline Send Email 		Dec 3, 2008
11:55 am

... That's a good suggestion. But a word of caution is probably in order. When entering the waters of political activism, it is wise to heed the advice of...
sangchenyeshe
Offline Send Email 		Dec 3, 2008
6:38 pm

... LOL! I'm safe over here in Holland. Unless, of course, Obama has me extradited to the US. And he won't, because my health insurance would not be valid...
mirah@...
miradevries
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1:41 am
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