... Yes, I suppose I am. Or at least *some* of the people considered mad by others are incompetent. ... We don't, we can't, and we don't have to. Neither being...
... So it seems fair to say that madness would be something that brings with it the possibility of the mad person being incompetent. ... I agree to some...
... Madness is indeed a special kind of incompetence. What is the object of incompetence? Though at first glance, it is not easy to distinguish, it is...
... Yes, and that isn't easy. In my country it is decided by a judge. Of course the judge usually asks the opinion of a doctor, but not always. ... Right. ... ...
... Maybe, why not? Unfortunately I am not very familiar with how legally incompetent people (where psychiatry is absent) are dealt with. ... No. But the...
... About to know who is the most apt to judge who is making a better choice, I' am answering you this way, though my aim is not to convince anybody. The other...
... True, but then being competent doesn't always mean being bright or wise. People are brainwashed from birth to believe that physicians know best and have...
... Szasz asserts and disagrees with the fact that psychiatrists called unwanted behavior mental illness: Szasz reports that alcoholism is now seen as mental...
.Mirah, I have admired the both the way you think and the way you express yourself for several years now. Thank you so much for your thoughtful cpntributions...
... According to Szasz, the psychiatrists call mental illness what is in fact (called by Szasz) unwanted behaviors. This unwanted behavior pertains, quite...
... Okay, I think I follow the point you're making. Dr. Szasz does not deny that there are people who cannot be held accountable for their behaviors. Such...
... In the following excerpt, Szasz, acknowledge that there are insane people. "Instead of psychiatric ideas and interventions remaining restricted to the...
... You are right, that is what he says. But you omitted parts without which the text loses its point. In parentheses: "(whether under so-called civil or...
... "Instead of psychiatric ideas and interventions remaining restricted to the narrow confines of incarcerating the obviously insane (whether under so-called...
I'd be curious to hear what people on this forum think about vaccines. In particular, the flu vaccine. Are the claims that some vaccines might cause autism...
... Autism is diagnosed by looking at symptoms and there are no signs and so no objective test for it. As such the claim that flu vaccine causes autism is not...
... In my opinion the real issue is not the value vs risk of a particular medical service (vaccination) but the political structure which determines how these...
Mira, Your posts are always refreshingly straight forward, and to be equally blunt, employ a BS detector that cuts through the fog, distinquishing between...
... Ooooo, I doooo love compliments. Many thanks, Tim. ... I chair an organization in the Netherlands called MeTZelf which has a website. Not all the writings...
Just heard on our news: A 35-yr-old man has been acquitted of attempting manslaughter by throwing the electrical switches in a hospital cellar, causing ...
... Thank goodness. I was beginning to show symptoms of encephalitis aggrandisementitis. ;) I'd like to ask you though, in future, to remove superfluous quotes...
What about Ellis' point that we use labels to describe psychiatrists behaviors, and why are those lablels considered ok but not terms to describe "mental...
... Mira, I read all the archived messages pointed out to me. There are things relevant to understanding and some connected to perception. For instance, the...
... What if we change the definition to a figure with four angles? The definition of, say, schizophrenia, has changed a zillion times over, including with...
Yesterday, at Fort Hood Texas there was a rampage. 13 people are dead and many other injured. Watching the news, at some point, the question was raised if the...
Hi Michel, Your statement about perception is partly correct. There is actually a branch of psychology called Psychophysics developed by Wilhelm Wundt....
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