All Posts Tagged With: "antipsychotic drugs"
Mendacity by Metaphor
Once upon a time, law-abiding citizens acknowledged that they wanted lawbreakers punished. They did not say the offenders “needed” punishment. When they used the term “need” metaphorically—as when an outlaw in a bar told his buddies that one of their adversaries “needed” killing—they knew what they were talking about. They did not lie to themselves, [...]
1Oct2008 | Thomas Szasz | 1 comment | ContinuedWas the Beautiful Mind Sick?
A Beautiful Mind has economics as its background. The foreground is reserved for mental illness and its treatment. As the movie tells the story, John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who arrogantly alienates the people around him, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, which in his case has him hallucinating about a nonexistent roommate and a government intelligence [...]
1Aug2002 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Maternity Hospital and the Mental Hospital
At first sight, the maternity hospital and the mental hospital are two completely different institutions. However, on closer examination, striking similarities emerge. Neither pregnancy nor delivery is a disease; each is an aspect of the mammalian reproductive mechanism. Women delivered babies long before there were special buildings called “lying-in hospitals” established to care for them. [...]
1May2002 | Thomas Szasz | 0 comments | Continued-
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