jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoCould the U.S. force treatment on mentally ill people (again)?www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up125
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minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI thought it was more like “mental illness is all normal thinking, so we need to stop treating it,” which just seems like an overreaction to overdiagnosis
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoNo, he really thought they were faking it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Szasz#"Patient"_as_malingerer
I thought it was more like “mental illness is all normal thinking, so we need to stop treating it,” which just seems like an overreaction to overdiagnosis
No, he really thought they were faking it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Szasz#"Patient"_as_malingerer
Interesting, what a weird dude