@jeffwM to News • 8 months agoCould the U.S. force treatment on mentally ill people (again)?www.npr.orgmessage-square9arrow-up125arrow-down10
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minus-squareFlying Squidlink5•8 months agoHe was a libertarian, so that’s not surprising. He wasn’t sane himself. He claimed most people who were mentally ill were faking it.
minus-square@jeffwOPMlink1•8 months agoI thought it was more like “mental illness is all normal thinking, so we need to stop treating it,” which just seems like an overreaction to overdiagnosis
minus-squareFlying Squidlink3•8 months agoNo, he really thought they were faking it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Szasz#"Patient"_as_malingerer
He was a libertarian, so that’s not surprising. He wasn’t sane himself.
He claimed most people who were mentally ill were faking it.
I thought it was more like “mental illness is all normal thinking, so we need to stop treating it,” which just seems like an overreaction to overdiagnosis
No, he really thought they were faking it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Szasz#"Patient"_as_malingerer
Interesting, what a weird dude