RE: ask a Pure O sufferer
May 25, 2015 at 9:51 am
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2015 at 9:54 am by Aractus.)
I'm currently writing a blog titled "Is Mental Illness a Sham".
Are you aware that something that is socially abnormal behaviour forms the basis for the definition of mental illness? For instance due to its clear deviant behaviour, homosexuality was listed in the original edition of the DSM as a mental illness - specifically as a sociopathic personality disturbance.
I think it's fascinating, for instance, that the DSM lists Gambling Disorder as an addictive disorder, yet no one has developed a interventional treatment that is more effective than Gamblers Anonymous which is based on 75-year old system that they refuse to change. Don't get me wrong they do have effective treatments - effective in the fact that they are as statistically relevant as Gamblers Anonymous - but they haven't improved upon the effectiveness.
But I know what you're thinking. Psychologists have a clever way of framing this little problem. They will claim that "some people with OCD can be cured, but others will need long-term management". They don't admit to the fact that actually they don't understand the first thing about mental illness, all they think they understand is that it's a problem and they have trial-and-error based treatments. Maybe what they need is a better theory - because the cognitive and behavioural theories are wearing thin; and if they were so valid they should be able to achieve much better outcomes for patients with mental illness than they presently do.
Interesting to think about do you not think?
Point of order: Even in the original documentary, Jason's lawyer tells Jason that he thinks that Damien is guilty. Even one of the defence lawyers was convinced of the guilt of at least one of the three! I'll make a thread about this where we can debate it (if you wish to participate in it).
Are you aware that something that is socially abnormal behaviour forms the basis for the definition of mental illness? For instance due to its clear deviant behaviour, homosexuality was listed in the original edition of the DSM as a mental illness - specifically as a sociopathic personality disturbance.
I think it's fascinating, for instance, that the DSM lists Gambling Disorder as an addictive disorder, yet no one has developed a interventional treatment that is more effective than Gamblers Anonymous which is based on 75-year old system that they refuse to change. Don't get me wrong they do have effective treatments - effective in the fact that they are as statistically relevant as Gamblers Anonymous - but they haven't improved upon the effectiveness.
But I know what you're thinking. Psychologists have a clever way of framing this little problem. They will claim that "some people with OCD can be cured, but others will need long-term management". They don't admit to the fact that actually they don't understand the first thing about mental illness, all they think they understand is that it's a problem and they have trial-and-error based treatments. Maybe what they need is a better theory - because the cognitive and behavioural theories are wearing thin; and if they were so valid they should be able to achieve much better outcomes for patients with mental illness than they presently do.
Interesting to think about do you not think?
(May 24, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Some of the obsessions (that is, the clinically debilitating ones) tend to be about violence and general paranoia (the West Memphis 3 case shows that a man can be convicted for the most serious crimes on absurdly circumstantial evidence).
Point of order: Even in the original documentary, Jason's lawyer tells Jason that he thinks that Damien is guilty. Even one of the defence lawyers was convinced of the guilt of at least one of the three! I'll make a thread about this where we can debate it (if you wish to participate in it).
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
