c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…and people aren't responsible for it and so on has been challenged in recent years, particularly by a psychiatrist by the name of Thomas Sass s c a s s something like that it's a Hungarian name who's written a book called the myth of mental illness.…
…a psychiatrist: do you ever have strange feelings? Yes, then we say the person is in danger of a mental disease. Well now Thomas Sass and others have made a very hard headed, serious critique of the whole idea of using a medical model for behavior and…
…sees troublesome signs when the doctrines and processes of psychiatry, psychoanalysis and so forth become officialized, and I think Thomas Sass in his books the myth of mental illness and the manufacture of madness is pointing out something extremely important…
…of me here. If I try to do what's expected they say I'm compliant, and that seems to be some sort of a sickness. Thomas Sass drew attention to this when he quoted a discussion of the types of school children who may very well need therapy. There were…
…sees troublesome signs when the doctrines and processes of psychiatry, psychoanalysis and so forth become officialized. And I think Thomas Sass in his books the myth of mental illness and the manufacture of madness, is pointing out something extremely…
…me here, if I try to do what's expected, they say I'm compliant, and that seems to be some sort of a sickness. Thomas Sass drew attention to this when he quoted a discussion of the types of schoolchildren who may very well need therapy. There were…