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A comment on David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psychiatry for decades. Parent comment

Re:David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psyc... by a1369209993 on Monday January 27, 2020 @12:13AM (#22156980)
> How would you make your statement work for a specific dysphoria and not every other dysphorias?

You seem to be implying that making the statement not work for other dysphorias would be desirable; what caused you to reach that conclusion?

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Re:David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psyc... by ThrowawayR2 on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @11:48AM (#22182616)
I'm thinking of body integrity dysphoria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_integrity_dysphoria

On one hand, viewed through the lens of cold logic, it's no different from reassignment surgery and therefore their desire to modify their bodies is valid. On the other, it's difficult to honestly say that they would not be severely harming themselves by doing so.

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