Re:I found my father living on the street
by chris_wot on Thursday November 05, 2015 @10:52AM
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I haven't actually taken this on a different tangent. You literally wrote that you would only institutionalize those with a mental illness that is in the DSM, when questioned you said only certain illnesses would apply, so now I'm asking what illnesses and disorders you believe apply.
There are a group of people in Australia called Ferals. They don't eat well, and they never bathe. They do it out of choice. I'm sure some of them are mentally ill. I wouldn't be locking them up in an institution!
>And under what mental disorder should someone be institutionalised?
Under those that are responsible for causing a person to suffer and damage their own health and fail to try to recover, or seek help with recovery, as in the example above.
>All you've referred to is the DSM, so it's very unclear which illnesses and disorders you are referring to.
You've taken this comment thread on a totally different tangent. We're arguing a wholly different point now.
> Incidentally, are you aware that there is a difference between a mental disorder and a mental illness?
No, wasn't aware. I use them interchangeably.