Who is normal?
They said that you are crazy; How the world's most powerful psychiatrist decides who is normal from
Author: Paula J. Caplan, PhD.
Prominent: how my thinking is freed from the psychiatric delusions from
Author: Al Siebert, Ph.D.
Practical psychology
This is two books of the Ph.D. psychologist, an American, a Canadian who raised a question: "Who decides who is a normal person?"
Both authors strongly oppose the generally accepted view that psychiatrists are best suited to decide who is a normal person and who is not.
Are psychiatrists [and other therapists] themselves "normal"? almost not. How to choose to listen to other people's voices? Day after day suffering is considered normal, if we mean "average" or "typical"? Our therapists are obviously not normal, we are a minority, we are unique. The same is true of people in other professions. You too.
As we all know, the normal state is difficult to define. The so-called "abnormal" we usually call is crazy, mentally ill, and mentally ill. Some authors [most notably the psychiatrist Thomas Szasz [myth of mental illness] and Peter Breggin [toxic psychiatry]] attacked the concept of "mental" disease, saying it was a wrong specific metaphor, or that drug treatment only increased The patient' unfortunately, the so-called mental illness is more suitable for being called "problems in life" and "treatment", whether it is court or special care, sympathy and understanding.
Thirty years ago, Dr. Sibert was dedicated to hospitals as a "paranoid schizophrenia patient". He claimed to be sensible, when he was experiencing a "development crisis." His book and student, Dr. Sam Kimball, wrote in a fascinating way, documenting his experiences - and the idea of causing him [semi-voluntarily] to be imprisoned.
It is clear that Dr. Sibert was about to start postdoctoral research at the time, his unusual thoughts and his wife disrupted his psychiatric college with his mysterious silence. Dr. Sibert insisted on his insights. Basically we are all selfish, even if the so-called altruistic behavior is based on self-interest. [This became the basis of his work and survivor's personality book].
Peaking Out vividly describes the life of a psychiatric ward. Although kind, his guardian ignorantly called Dr. Siebert mentally insane and unable to transcend the label. He claims to be healed - by pausing the label and actually listening - a woman who heard the voice of God - ignored by the authorities.
It's unclear why Dr. Sibert now chooses to publish the book [and reveals "hidden secrets for thirty years"]. But he expressed his indignation that some psychiatrists abused his powers against Dr. Paula Caplan's anger. If not, he would be a psychiatrist to decide who is not normal, not through science and evidence, but through Prejudice and politics.
Dr. Caplan is a Canadian who also brings impressive author and teaching credits to Dr. Siebert, who attacked the process by which psychiatrists designed the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [commonly known as DSM].
The purpose of this volume is to define mental illnesses that have the same certainty and precision as describing physical illnesses. The obvious attempt is to gain a degree of respect and scientific authority, similar to the authority normally given to other doctors.
But DSM IV is like a predecessor, it is a farce. This is the only conclusion you can reach after reading Dr. Kaplan's very detailed explanation of the party bargaining ["horse trading"], which continues when determining what will and what will not be included in the quantity.
As a research expert, Dr. Caplan pointed out the lack of data on which DSM IV relies. A few years ago, when the committee [all whites were white] purchased PMS into a mental illness, she was involved. The struggle was difficult and the feminists failed, but until both sides broadcast a heated debate in psychology journals and the media.
Only arrogance [or despair] can explain how male [and some female] psychiatrists prepare for human mental disorders can be reduced to specific disease data for measles.
Dr. Kaplan spared no effort to make charitable causes for the motives of the perpetrators of DSM IV. Still, people have to doubt power and money [DSM IV sells hundreds of thousands of copies and is a necessary reference point for many insurance claims, not to mention hospital funds, etc., especially in the US] is the main motivation for DSM'
Perhaps, as Dr. Sibert claims his creditors, the authors of DSM have persuaded their correctness and the need to force victims to take action, even if the victim did not ask for such help.
History, including the history of psychiatry and "mental health", has complete examples. People with good intentions force them to believe that the victims of confusion are correct. The perpetrators turned a deaf ear to any ideas other than themselves. As we all know, the belief system is difficult to change.
Looking at the ridiculous notice of Sigmund Freud, the little girl wants to have sex with their father. I am astonished by Dr. Kaplan that many therapists are still surprised by the orthodox Freudianism: hiding behind the couch and refusing to trust their patients. Incest account and more. Maybe this kind of horror only exists in Toronto?
Two examples are sufficient to demonstrate the arbitrary nature of DSM IV: Over the years, homosexuality has shifted from being classified as a mental disorder to being covered, rather than being included in the current DSM. Can disease be no longer a disease? Whether homosexuality is never a mental illness, or a psychiatrist succumbs to public pressure. But obviously, the inclusion or exclusion of homosexuality is not based on science.
Another example is the rejection of Dr. Kaplan and her colleagues when trying to match the stereotyped "female" descriptor in DSM with the description of typical male behavior as a mental illness.
Of course, the biggest irony about the dangerous DSM IV is that although it claims to list all the mental disorders that are exhaustive, it does not provide any solutions and does not provide treatment guidelines. This may be because, in fact, we know very little about the mind - not to mention how to solve it?
Most of the work we do as a therapist is art, intuition, and relationship. As the DSM discipline does, medicalizing problems in life is hurting customers and therapists. Customers because they need to care, not the categories. Like the therapist, because of this illusory evidence, we share the collective imagination of science, like Dr. Sibert's collection or Dr. Kaplan's critics.
Read Dr. Kaplan's book, crying for thousands of people [mostly women], because their lives are hurt by the stigma of mental illness, and in fact their only problem is like Dr. Sibert. They dare to be different. Still human.
Orignal From: Who are normal people - they say you are crazy Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D. -Peaking Out-by Al Siebert-Ph.D
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