Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
thomasszaszdiscussion · the Thomas Szasz discussion group
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Show off your group to the world. Share a photo of your group with us.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
Messages 1940 - 1969 of 1969   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Messages: Simplify | Expand   (Group by Topic) Author Sort by Date ^
1940
... 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...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Sep 15, 2009
11:16 pm
1941
... 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...
theduketed
Offline Send Email
Sep 17, 2009
5:30 pm
1942
... 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...
norclo42
Offline Send Email
Sep 17, 2009
5:31 pm
1943
... 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. ... ...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Sep 17, 2009
10:19 pm
1944
... Maybe, why not? Unfortunately I am not very familiar with how legally incompetent people (where psychiatry is absent) are dealt with. ... No. But the...
theduketed
Offline Send Email
Sep 18, 2009
11:00 am
1945
Why is it asserted that mental illnesses are considered "unwanted behaviors" when a diagnosis is not made UNLESS a person cannot function? D ...
D Waters
cubyanks
Offline Send Email
Sep 18, 2009
7:28 pm
1946
... 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...
norclo42
Offline Send Email
Sep 18, 2009
7:28 pm
1947
... 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...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Sep 20, 2009
10:16 pm
1948
... Szasz asserts and disagrees with the fact that psychiatrists called unwanted behavior mental illness: Szasz reports that alcoholism is now seen as mental...
norclo42
Offline Send Email
Sep 20, 2009
10:18 pm
1949
.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...
webzen@...
c_johnson2004
Offline Send Email
Sep 27, 2009
2:07 pm
1950
... According to Szasz, the psychiatrists call mental illness what is in fact (called by Szasz) unwanted behaviors. This unwanted behavior pertains, quite...
norclo42
Offline Send Email
Sep 27, 2009
2:08 pm
1951
... 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...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Sep 28, 2009
12:51 am
1952
... In the following excerpt, Szasz, acknowledge that there are insane people. "Instead of psychiatric ideas and interventions remaining restricted to the...
michel.latulippe
michel.latul...
Offline Send Email
Sep 29, 2009
9:19 pm
1953
... 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...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Sep 30, 2009
1:17 am
1954
... "Instead of psychiatric ideas and interventions remaining restricted to the narrow confines of incarcerating the obviously insane (whether under so-called...
michel.latulippe
michel.latul...
Offline Send Email
Oct 6, 2009
11:00 am
1955
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...
matt at anarchyjapan
mattdioguardi
Offline Send Email
Oct 26, 2009
10:13 pm
1956
Has anyone here read this? It's pretty thick. I'm still on the first chapter.////...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Oct 26, 2009
10:14 pm
1957
... 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...
Alan Forrester
alan_forrester2
Offline Send Email
Oct 27, 2009
2:06 am
1958
... 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...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Oct 27, 2009
11:08 am
1959
Mira, Your posts are always refreshingly straight forward, and to be equally blunt, employ a BS detector that cuts through the fog, distinquishing between...
Tim Hopkins
randfan2007
Offline Send Email
Oct 27, 2009
1:37 pm
1960
... 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...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Oct 27, 2009
9:46 pm
1961
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 ...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Oct 27, 2009
9:48 pm
1962
... Mira they are many points in your message. I disagree with almost all of them though I comment here only one of them i.e. the reality of mental...
michel.latulippe
michel.latul...
Offline Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
4:15 pm
1963
... Thank goodness. I was beginning to show symptoms of encephalitis aggrandisementitis. ;) I'd like to ask you though, in future, to remove superfluous quotes...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Oct 28, 2009
11:54 pm
1964
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...
D Waters
cubyanks
Offline Send Email
Nov 6, 2009
12:48 am
1965
... 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...
michel.latulippe
michel.latul...
Offline Send Email
Nov 6, 2009
12:49 am
1966
... Sorry, who is Ellis? On this list? ... Are psychiatrists imprisoned and drugged on account of those labels?...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Nov 9, 2009
11:27 pm
1967
... 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...
mirah@...
miradevries
Offline Send Email
Nov 9, 2009
11:28 pm
1968
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...
michel.latulippe
michel.latul...
Offline Send Email
Nov 9, 2009
11:29 pm
1969
Hi Michel, Your statement about perception is partly correct. There is actually a branch of psychology called Psychophysics developed by Wilhelm Wundt....
Martin Kessler
titaniummdk
Offline Send Email
Nov 9, 2009
11:29 pm
Messages 1940 - 1969 of 1969   Oldest  |  < Older  |  Newer >  |  Newest
Advanced
Add to My Yahoo!      XML What's This?

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help