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Thank you. This is quite instructive. What makes a great citation? The claim was that a book was published, and I showed the book. Another claim was that a r
by atsaloli 14y ago
Thank you. This is quite instructive.
What makes a great citation? The claim was that a book was published, and I showed the book. Another claim was that a resolution was passed and I showed the resolution. I thought I was doing well until I read chris's reply. :)
I will address chris's point that eugenics is not a theory recognized in psychiatry.
1. Forced sterilization of mental patients was done by social psychiatrists, to improve society by removing the genetic material of mentally feeble and insane.
Reference: Keeping America Sane: Psychiatry and Eugenics in the United States and Canada, 1880-1940. Ian Robert Dowbiggin. 245 pp. Cornell University Press, 1997.
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/how-psychiatry-sought-asylum-from-the-insanity-of-eugenics http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/how-psychiatr...
http://www.amazon.com/Keeping-America-Sane-Psychiatry-1880-1940/dp/0801483980 http://www.amazon.com/Keeping-America-Sane-Psychiatry-1880-1...
2. The following paper offers historical case studies of "psychiatric genetics" and urges reflection on social psychiatry.
The Eugenic Legacy in Psychology and Psychiatry
by David Pilgrim
of Mental Health Policy, University of Central Lancashire, UK
http://isp.sagepub.com/content/54/3/272.abstract http://isp.sagepub.com/content/54/3/272.abstract
3. What about "On human self-domestication, psychiatry, and eugenics" by Martin Brüne in Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2007; 2: 21. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2082022/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2082022/
Am I doing better?
I want to thank chris for challenging me to contribute higher quality content.
- chris_wot 14y agoI'm not denying awful things were one in the name f psychiatry, but these ate the current state of the field/profession.
- atsaloli 14y agoThe current state of the "mental health" profession/field includes suffocating patients in attachment therapy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Newmaker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candace_Newmaker), fraud (http://www.justice.gov/usao/lae/news/2010/2010_08_19_maria_carmen_palazzo_plea.html http://www.justice.gov/usao/lae/news/2010/2010_08_19_maria_c...), and rape (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/30/doctor-shock-anti-gay-doc_n_517663.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/30/doctor-shock-anti-g...). Electric shock is still considered a valid form of therapy in the profession (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/electroconvulsive-therapy/MY00129 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/electroconvulsive-therapy/M...).
- chris_wot 14y agoExtreme cases in a large profession does not mean the entire profession is like the cases you cite. ECT is still considered a valid form of therapy because it is a valid form of therapy.
- illuminate 14y ago"I want to thank chris for challenging me to contribute higher quality content." It would also be helpful for you to research the flaws in what you wish to replace psychology with, if you're going to suggest revolution instead of reform.