tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129153260738117116.post92098116144531227..comments2024-03-22T04:40:34.682-05:00Comments on REFUSING PSYCHIATRY: A criterion for recoverySRKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038834371981947620noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129153260738117116.post-9718383667497733502017-06-25T22:47:05.344-05:002017-06-25T22:47:05.344-05:00Unfortunately, if such criteria were adopted, psyc...Unfortunately, if such criteria were adopted, psychiatrists would be able to prevent patients from being too functional or from having the will to try. They could prevent patients from performing the activities that make them look so normal, such as working. Moreover, psychiatric medication can make patients unable to function. If a patient managed to function so well despite the medication, all the psychiatrist has to do is change the medication and/or increase the doses. The patient will then be too sedated to function, and maybe even to stay awake enough hours, for that matter.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129153260738117116.post-48833436521265351352017-06-25T20:53:24.338-05:002017-06-25T20:53:24.338-05:00What you say of "people deemed mentally ill&q...What you say of "people deemed mentally ill" can be as easily said of all people, whether or not they are "deemed" to be anything. <br /><br />It doesn't matter whether psychiatrists are able to say patients got better because of any particular "treatment", it only matters that they let them go.<br /><br />Criteria for "not mentally ill anymore" will of course be as invalid and unreliable as criteria for any "diagnosis" in the DSM. They will be excuses or justifications to let people go, even as DSM criteria are excuses or justifications to lock people up. Everyone wants to pretend they have objective reasons so they don't have to be directly responsible for deciding anything.<br /><br />But I really like the various reasons that go along with that criterion I suggested above: If somebody is causing the state trouble with repeated lawsuits, he or she is very likely to no longer be mentally ill.SRKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038834371981947620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129153260738117116.post-27600735417850498702017-06-24T11:16:54.885-05:002017-06-24T11:16:54.885-05:00The problem with such criteria is that people deem...The problem with such criteria is that people deemed mentally ill often do remain functional in many ways, or their level of functioning fluctuates. They are not all unable to work, plan ahead, learn, and so on. Or, psychiatrists can say that patients got better because of medication and their concern is that patients will stop taking medication if released.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.com