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Mental Health Support

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2. Dare to question psychiatry, the concept of normal, etc.

Sun Jul 5, 2015, 07:27 PM

Jul 2015

Psychiatry sometimes claims to not believe in normal, but they really do, or at least many of them.
This thread reminds me of an op-ed I just read on a very good site: Mad In America.
http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/07/medical-education-psychiatry-and-reductionism-as-a-first-year-medical-student/

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We have a long way to go in changing the issue of stigma. Tobin S. Jun 2015 #1

Dare to question psychiatry, the concept of normal, etc. Big Slim Jul 2015 #2