Posted by Sigismund on September 24, 2009, at 2:25:40
In reply to Re: Who Is Peter Breggin?, posted by SLS on September 23, 2009, at 5:44:05
I don't believe its progress. It's just change. Neurasthenia, hysteria, catatonia, agitated depression have given way to PTSD and bipolarity. This does not mean we know any more. It's just that this is the shape it's taking. Hysteria for example only flourishes in a society that places a premium on duty and has within itself conradictory expectations on individual roles. We are able to see that other cultures mental illnesses have a cultural component, but we find it much harder to see it with ourselves. However we need to have faith, and I see psychiatry and science to a large extent as a faith based exercise.
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