(August 23, 2015 at 2:29 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:(August 23, 2015 at 2:26 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Which means that it is a relativistic concept, where one could be mentally ill in one society, but not mentally ill in another. Which means that it is not about what the person is, but rather about the standards of a particular society.I agree. Look at different societies and human killing, i.e. head hunting.
I disagree that they are interchangeable. Mental illness is from chemical imbalances that may be congenital, aging, disease or a variety of other causes affecting the physiology of the body. Delusions, on the other hand, are simply mental interpretations and these can vary from culture to culture. There can be a combination of both, but delusions are a 'belief system' whereas mentally ill is a malfunctioning body.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
