Posted by alexandra_k on January 2, 2015, at 13:58:37
In reply to Re: psychiatry is an ougrowth of society, posted by Christ_empowered on January 2, 2015, at 13:10:48
> I'm not the only one who's had terrible experiences w/ mental health. The anti-psychiatry movement of the 70s didn't die, it just kind of went into a deep slumber...
It is still here. People like Tom Cruise started giving it a bad name... But it is very much alive and kicking in the form of the 'consumer movement'.
As the definition of mental disorder / the subject matter of psychiatry has broadened so as to include 1 in 4... Stigma has lessened, too. It hasn't gone away. Some diagnoses are more culturally acceptable than others. But it means that there are some professionals who identify with being mentally ill (openly or otherwise) and that has an effect on the literature, too. The tonality of the writing. The things that are said publicly and at after drinks during conferences. Parents write books about their children. Children grow up and write books about their experiences.
> Anyway, some people love their docs. These people are usually at least respectable and white. I'm treated better now in part because I"m white, male, and my people are relatively affluent, at least for this area.What sort of docs do the medical schools intentionally select for (do you suppose)?
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