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Re:The Sociological Study of Mental Illness: A Historical Pe... by Kourovsky on Sunday June 16, 2024 @01:05AM (#40694803)
“The Myth of Mental illness” Thomas Szasz

https://depts.washington.edu/psychres/wordpress/wp-content/u...

Re:The Sociological Study of Mental Illness: A Historical Pe... by Animats on Sunday June 16, 2024 @02:11AM (#40695015)
That ends with "The range and scope of this Encyclopedia is vivid testimony to the intellectual vitality of the field, and will, one hopes, make a useful contribution to the next generation of sociological research on the cultural sociology of mental illness." What "encyclopedia"? Was this text copied from the intro to some book?
Re:The Sociological Study of Mental Illness: A Historical Pe... by richardatlarge on Sunday June 16, 2024 @04:07AM (#40695493)
The terms “sociological” and “illness” (vs disorder) makes this oxymoron a medical perspective, not a historical one. History shows the medical concept of illness as applied to psychological disorders to be reductive and harmful to those affected
Re:The Sociological Study of Mental Illness: A Historical Pe... by mediumsmart on Monday June 17, 2024 @12:12AM (#40702243)
The insanity of normality. Arno Gruen.

sincerity is the key to success, once you can fake that you’ve got it made