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I hereby deem you insane. Now what?

by ldh 8y ago

MaupitiBlue 8y ago
You get locked up. If, sometime in the future, a cure for schizophrenia is developed, out you go. But otherwise, you’re just a ticking timebomb until that day where you go off the meds and explode.
- xnnn 8y ago
  Unless you are trolling, you have firmly established your insanity (or IQ below 80).
- iainmerrick 8y ago
  You get locked up No, what the parent is getting at is, you should say "I get locked up." You personally, whether you think you're schizophrenic or not. Are you happy with this situation? If you think you're sane, how do you prove it and how do you get out? This isn't an abstract question. Locking healthy people up in asylums is something that has happened many times in history.
- bleuarff 8y ago
  I can't tell if you're a troll or you just show an utter lack of empathy. Which ironically is a symptom of sociopathy and would warrant a lockup according to your views.
- deleted 8y ago
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- DanBC 8y ago
  > But otherwise, you’re just a ticking timebomb until that day where you go off the meds and explode. You're linking mental illness to violence, but we know that's wrong. Mental ill health does not predict violent behaviour. Violence is common. Mental illness is common. Some violent people also happen to have mental illness, but there's little evidence that mental illness causes violence, and if it does it's in a small number of people.
jdietrich 8y ago
Detention on psychiatric grounds was a widespread repression tactic in the Soviet Union and continues to be used in "democratic" Russia. To prevent such abuses, any deprivation of liberty must be justified by a clear and immediate threat to life and subject to stringent safeguards and oversight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_...
iainmerrick 8y ago
Exactly! This is a discussion from the 19th century, if not earlier -- just read The Woman in White (or watch the recent excellent BBC adaptation).

I hereby deem you insane. Now what?

by ldh 8y ago

I hereby deem you insane. Now what?

You get locked up. If, sometime in the future, a cure for schizophrenia is developed, out you go. But otherwise, you’re just a ticking timebomb until that day where you go off the meds and explode.

xnnn 8y ago
Unless you are trolling, you have firmly established your insanity (or IQ below 80).
iainmerrick 8y ago
You get locked up No, what the parent is getting at is, you should say "I get locked up." You personally, whether you think you're schizophrenic or not. Are you happy with this situation? If you think you're sane, how do you prove it and how do you get out? This isn't an abstract question. Locking healthy people up in asylums is something that has happened many times in history.
bleuarff 8y ago
I can't tell if you're a troll or you just show an utter lack of empathy. Which ironically is a symptom of sociopathy and would warrant a lockup according to your views.
deleted 8y ago
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DanBC 8y ago
> But otherwise, you’re just a ticking timebomb until that day where you go off the meds and explode. You're linking mental illness to violence, but we know that's wrong. Mental ill health does not predict violent behaviour. Violence is common. Mental illness is common. Some violent people also happen to have mental illness, but there's little evidence that mental illness causes violence, and if it does it's in a small number of people.

jdietrich 8y ago

Detention on psychiatric grounds was a widespread repression tactic in the Soviet Union and continues to be used in "democratic" Russia. To prevent such abuses, any deprivation of liberty must be justified by a clear and immediate threat to life and subject to stringent safeguards and oversight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_...

iainmerrick 8y ago

Exactly! This is a discussion from the 19th century, if not earlier -- just read The Woman in White (or watch the recent excellent BBC adaptation).