mental disorders are real illnesses such as cancer or cardiovascular disease: mood disorders (depression and others), schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, panic attacks and personality disorders, severe eating disorders (including anorexia nervosa, which only rarely develops following a diet. It is not a whim led by fashion, is a serious and often deadly disease! The form of the disorder may be affected from the social context, of course, increases in certain contexts such as the potential for abuse, sexual trauma and violence that often the trigger, but you get sick to risk death for a size 38).
These diseases have in common the fact that people who suffer from it can not always control their thoughts well, can sometimes suffer from visual hallucinations, delusions or auditory: in these moments become "psychotic." Some people seem expressionless and showed no emotion. Others seem to have full control instead of their skills as if they were sick. Mental ill health should not be confused with mental retardation, which is determined by a decrease in intellectual ability manifested from birth to natural causes. The mentally ill are provided with a normal intelligence and often if you do not develop any symptoms to adolescence and early adulthood.
The disease comes and goes, some people get sick in an episodic way, other almost constantly. Others suffer from one major crisis, and some more episodes over the years, others still remain sick throughout their life.
But it is a disease.
I hurt reads like this: From the website of the Collective
anti-psychiatric, October 2004
"group was born in Florence Violet Van Gogh, a name as any to see each other and exchange ideas on how to combat the fraud of psychiatry. Faced with claim scientific validity of psychiatry we denounce the barbaric arbitrariness and tools such as medical treatment compulsory (the TSO is a legalized kidnapping requiring those subjected to a barrage of harmful drugs to the body and psyche, in many cases given to people tied to a bed of restraint) electroshock and puerile forms of education (in rehabilitation centers) offensive to the dignity of the person. Not to mention the infamous and degrading label is pasted on forever for those affected by psychiatric treatment. We want also to denounce the political responsibilities that keep this state of affairs to serve the interests of the multinationals of therapy (pharmaceutical, manuals, universities, schools, treatment of various kinds). The industry of the remedies against the so-called Mental illness is one of the most flourishing in Italy and around the world every year are coming to the market drops to sleep, pills to keep from crying, pills to feel up, only for the Tavor Italian doctors sign every year 17 million prescriptions, l ' electroshock back in vogue in our cities and not a day goes by that the mayor is authorized by a TSO "
Repression in place of care is a horror I can never accept, but I can not stand those who argue that mental illness is an invention of multinational drug companies and psychiatrists are the sergeants of a system that would take all approved. As in all areas, there are just "used" real "heroes" and good doctors, people who seek to do the best to give care and help. And the incompetent criminals, scoundrels. As in all sectors and spheres of life and work. The anti-psychiatry
seen by a psychiatrist true
"For many decades, Dr.. Basaglia Franco has passed away, but not the ranks of his friends is thin, indeed. Every person, even those who for obvious reasons registries were babies at the time of Basaglia, claims to have seen him in the light, having talked together, he has drinks with a glass of Tocai (some people too) that he had played bocce with Franco, of having washed self, others taught Slovenian, who advised him the true recipe for goulash and who he feels full heir executor for having done it once pedicure.
Basaglia, in short, has become the trademark of Italian psychiatry, which are based the logo on the personal wickedness of posterity all committed to support an old and dull and unrealistic ideology that Basaglia in the strict sense has little in the sense that no part by the facts, but un'astrusa theoretical conception, demagogic and populist, which continues to cause damage in the daily life of patients, their families and psychiatrists. Basaglia that he "denied the institution," he wrote, "we are destroying a repressive reality (that of psychiatric facilities), but no one can say what will be the next step." Today, as
Today we can certainly say that "next step" was a misstep, so better get back on track.
Many of these gentlemen, however, the skin of the Franco poor have built their comfortable mansion and psychiatric patients do not even see a hundred yards away, is a problem that affects them, their problem is to keep everything still, stirring the souls of the poor souls who believe in ideals. Moreover, it is logical, if I went around screaming that I want to save my brother from madness, I will give home, work and happiness and that others are bad because they treat him badly, the family, society and psychiatrists, I also I automatically put it on the side "good".
Good, but narrow, because it is easy to affirm the great truths of love, justice and freedom, when then there are others, the bad guys, who are such only because they have the habit of putting little question: yes, but how? Who should and when?
Patients should not be abandoned. Yes, but how? Who should and when?
must give them food, shelter, work and family life and sex. Yes, but how? Who should and when?
No need to commit suicide. Yes, but how? Who should and when?
should not admit patients in private clinics. Yes, but how? Who should and when?
The patient must love him, cure him and protect him. Yes, but how? Who should and when?
that patients should be followed at home. Yes, but how? Who should and when?
"Verum ipsum factum" in the words of Giambattista Vico, ie, under the truth is I did. In the case of psychiatry, to remain within the concept is valid Vico heterogenesis of purposes: it starts with ideas, assumptions and in fact is realized something completely different because as the philosopher said: "The history, therefore, not Mature against or in spite of the man, but it is the place where hidden needs, enrolled in its nature, emerge and impose its spirit so that it expands and evolves. " Our
Basaglia's friends instead, not refine and start spear thinking that mental illness be changed because they say, in short, many prospects and little concrete. But what is striking is their water before the facts, as we do not leave the slightest touch from the wreckage in place and as though not to challenge their conviction become spirited, hostile and sullen.
We believe instead in a psychiatry based on the needs of human beings, a psychiatry as far as possible from political bickering, the party of the union.
We believe that psychiatry should be born by the needs of people (patients, relatives and doctors), requirements that may be dissimilar, divergent and not verifiable. The Basaglia's friends have too much unfinished business: to preserve their power must satisfy trade unions and parties must create and sustain cooperatives of poor wretches who have a job should be subject to their dictates. They do
short as those of the three play cards, get together with a group of buddies and pretend to participate in a pastime worthy of attention for attracting birds to turn, which are regularly plucked chicken, skewered and baked facts.
A psychiatrist collaborator, January 26, 2006 "written by
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