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Psychiatric Politics And Social Control

We see the man on the street corner and blames the brain of the person with
conversing with himself and dishelved. no evidence provided that their brains
Most often turn away in fear. Why are we are actually dysfunctional. Theory has
afraid? Because this man speaks of the become fact in psychiatry.
human condition- of how a disordered Psychiatry has its free advertising
society can break any of us. through the workings of the so called
What has been termed in the DSM IV as support groups and through its alliance
'mental disorder' is entirely subjective with the pharmaceutical industry. Such
and the product of the voting of groups as NAMI (National Alliance for the
psychiatric committees. The disorders are Mentally Ill) and CHADD (Children and
often a product of their imagination and Adults with Attention Deficit) have
designed for their ultimate profit. The received large amounts of funding from
diagnoses are categorized under the guise the pharmaceutical industry who now have
of help, but who benefits? Solely those access to many new consumers of their
making the diagnosis. In the 1970's products and who benefit from promoting
Rosenhan and his colleagues conducted an the concept of 'chemical imbalances' to
interesting study in which further the sale of their toxic drugs.
pseudo-patients were sent to mental Schools have now become not about
hospitals across the country. They has no education at all, but rather mental
history of psychiatric concerns and were institutions for children. Children are
told to tell only one lie to the stifled and are not given the
psychiatrist- that they heard the word opportunities for critical thinking, but
'thud' in their heads. Otherwise, they rather to be proper test takers and to
were to behave 'normally'. All of these become cogs in the industrial machine.
individuals were admitted to the When they fall out of line with the
hospital. The only means for their desired result, they are labeled and
release was to submit to the idea they drugged. Social Security payments for
were insane but were getting better by 'ADHD' or other behavioral disorders
the 'treatments' of the psychiatric become a temptation for poor, struggling
staff. The psychiatric establishment was families to encourage their compliance
appalled and said this was merely a fluke with the status quo.
and suggested Rosenhan send Psychiatry has also taken over the cause
pseudo-patients again and they would be of child welfare. In California, it was
able to identify them. Rosenhan stated he seen that over 90% of foster children
would send 40 pseudo-patients. The were on psychiatric drugs, often multiple
psychiatrists stated they had found the drugs, with no apparent reason to support
'fakes' but the fact was Rosenhan the use, not to mention that potential
actually sent no one else. for serious adverse events. These drugs
In all of this, we see that experience is are being implicated more and more in
ignored. Instead, we have categorized causing violence, mania, and suicidal
behaviors, all in the eyes of the ideation in children. The only reason for
beholder, and medicalized it. It does not these foster children to be treated in
matter any longer what the experience of such manner is solely greed and to
the person is, the objective of perpetuate a corrupt system geared at
psychiatry is to suppress the behavior, control of the vulnerable. The abused are
and suppression then leads to oppression. being further abused by the psychiatric
If we were to truly be pro-active and system. The elderly are subjected to ECT
psychiatrists were motivated by a true at 3 times the rate at age 65 than age
desire to do no harm and to seek for 64. Why? Because at age 65 Medicare will
person's mental health, then we would not pick up the tab. Once again, abuse of the
be merely suppressing, but rather seeking vulnerable. We must awake to this fraud.
to understand. In addition, we would be When we can begin to understand the human
targeting those issues which often create condition, work for social justice, and
mental anguish for persons to begin with. take responsibility for a disordered
We would be addressing issues of social society, then it will be that 'disorders'
justice. Instead, psychiatry exonerates will fade away and true mental health
institutions from taking responsibility will arise.




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