A
Abelson, Robert (Yale), 46–47
ADD. See attention deficit disorder
ADHD. See attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 40, 97, 133, 192
“alternate approaches,” 192–94
alternative model of helping, 193
American Psychiatric Association, xi, 58
anti-anxiety medication, 70, 76–77, 88, 150, 159
antibiotics, 68–70
anxiety
chronic, 73
cognitive-behavioral strategy, 180
difficult human experiences, 162
distress, 91
emotional distress, 187
generalized anxiety disorder, 36, 71, 161
human experience specialist, 125
Jeanette, 83
Jennifer, 88
John, 168
Jules, 82
life creates, 161
life purpose and meaning, 100
management techniques, 113, 180, 194
Marcia, 179
Michael, 101–2
not knowing the cause, 131
patterns in the lives of people with, 193
arousal theory of motivation, 3
Asch’s conformity experiments, 109
attention deficit disorder (ADD), 21, 74, 79, 126, 154, 161
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 28–29, 90, 101, 133, 149–50, 155–56, 201
B
Barbara, 79–81
Bateson, Gregory, 141
behavior(s) (behavioral)
cannibals eating their enemy is a normal, 23
chemicals, effectiveness of, 149
“difficult person” vs. “mentally diseased person,” 136
dysfunction in psychological, biological, or developmental process, 58
of human beings, “normal” vs. “abnormal,” 21
human experience specialist, 73
Johnny, 152
life formulation model, 172–75
medical conditions, not easily traced back to, 159
medical disorder, symptoms of, 157
“mental disorder,” pseudo-medical, 150, 153
mental disorders that don’t exist, 57
normal, 24
oppositional defiant disorder, 152–53
parents don’t like, 55
requiring help, 45
restlessness, 157
socially deviant behavior, 58
syndrome or pattern, 57
treatment in a caring milieu, 144–45
unruly boys, 126–27
Bill, 74–76
biological bases of mental disease, 182, 192
“biological breakage” view, 15, 125
biological hunt approach, 192–93
biological model, 63
biopsychosocial
cause, 195
human beings, 195
things, 99
bipolar disorder, 29, 79, 82, 86–87, 101, 146
The Book of Woe (Greenberg), 54
boredom, 3, 8, 11–14, 23, 62, 75, 102, 110, 125
Breyer, Melissa, 105
British Psychological Society
Clinical Division of, 137
Understanding Psychosis report, 162, 164–65, 168, 170
The Brooklyn Project, 182–88. See also emotional distress
C
Camarillo State Mental Hospital (California), 141–42
Carol (Naples, Florida), 147
cause and effect. See also distress, human; emotional distress
“all that we don’t know,” 189
complicated chains of, 115, 134
explained, 89–92
in human affairs, 15, 25, 42, 92–94, 182, 189
illegitimate “diagnosing” vs., 43
investigating, 96–98
in lives of real people, 177
patterns of, 190
questionnaire, 94–96
questions about, 207
chemical-oriented practitioner, 76
chemicals. See also drug companies; psychiatric medication(s)
Bill, 74–76
illegal street, 75
Jim, 70
life, to alter experience of, 67
Sally, 69–70
symptom picture, medicated, 71
symptoms, to treat, 69
chemicals-with-effects, 67, 73, 76–77. See also psychiatric medication(s)
child (children) (childhood)
angry, mental disorder label, 154
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 155
Bobby, 156–57
cyber education, 197
diagnosis of, 43
emotional distress, 188
as human beings, 151
human distress, preparing for, 19
humanistic values, 196
Johnny, 153–54
mental disorder label, x, xi, 151–52, 154–57, 159
mental disorders of, 151–57, 159
nine-point checklist for parents, 157–60
oppositional defiant disorder, 152
plea on behalf of helpless, x
psychiatric medications, x, 150
rights of childhood, 157
sitting at his desk, 26–27
stimulants, 150
stubbornness, 156
victimized by mental disorder label and prescriptions, x, 79
CHIME. See connectedness, hope, identity, meaning, and empowerment
Citizens Commission on Human Rights, 137
clinical psychologists, 130–31, 195
clinical social workers, 48, 131, 186, 195
cognitive-behavioral model, 3, 63, 180, 195
cognitive-behavioral theory, 3
Cohen, David, 54–55
Cole, Steven, 105
communities of care, 135, 139–48, 190, 192, 196, 207
Compeer, Inc., 146–47
connectedness, hope, identity, meaning, and empowerment (CHIME), 194
D
delusional mania, 161
depression
Barbara, 80
biological cause lacking, 93–94
clinical, 5, 43, 47, 71, 79, 127, 133, 159, 161, 176–77, 179, 201
despair, ordinary, 199
DSM and symptom pictures, 55
Gould Farm therapeutic community, 146–47
Jane, 176–77
Jeanette, 83
Jennifer, 87–88
Jules, 82
“label” falsely implies that we know what is going on when we don’t, 136
life causes distress which causes “symptoms,” 19
life creates sadness and despair, 161
life purpose and meaning, 74
meaning crisis, 107
mental disorder of, 22, 70, 72, 187, 199
mental disorder vs. despair, 199
mental health condition, 145–46
Michael, 101–3
mood-altering substance, 71
“naming” alternatives, 126
no biological cause, 93–94
no reality to the term, 54–55, 192
no such “disease” as, 192
“normal” vs. “abnormal,” 21
psychiatric meds, 79
psychological pain, 11
Rachel, 85–86
Sharon, 86
“symptom” of, 133
tag system, 177
Tina, 84
diagnosis
“anxiety disorder” diagnosis, 34
of children, 43
desire for relief without making changes, 38
diagnose causes not the symptoms, 33
“diagnosing symptoms,” stop, 42–43
“don’t sweat the small stuff” training, 40
formulation of problem by the person, 39
human affairs, cause and effect in, 42–43
human experience, chemicals alter, 40
Jim, 34–39
Psychology Today article, 41
societal game of “diagnosing and treating mental disorders,” 135
symptoms are not the diagnosis, 34
symptoms treated with time-tested tactics, 41
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). See also Insel, Thomas; Szasz, Thomas
catalogue for mental health professionals looking to make a profit, 54, 63
catalogue of mental health labeling, xi, 56, 62–65
causes of disorders, DSM is silent on, 56, 61
“diagnose and treat mental disorders based on symptom pictures,” 9, 54–56
diagnostic manual that does not diagnose, 54
fails to discuss causes, treatment, or prevention, 56, 63–65
“manual lacks validity” (National Institute of Mental Health), 54–55
medical-sounding justification for labeling people and for psychoactive chemicals, 55
mental disorder definition, 58, 195
mental disorders don’t exist, 55
psychiatric labels based on a symptom pictures, 61
psychiatric/pseudo-medical approach, 192
“statistical matter” lacking in manual, 60
symptom is a medical condition vs. an indicator of a life situation, 63
“symptom pictures” illegitimately become “mental disorders,” 55, 60–62
syndromes based on symptom pictures, 56
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-4)
mental disorder definition, 57–58, 195
Diamond, Jed (therapist), 141–44
distress of life. See also cause and effect; emotional distress; human experiences; life purpose and meaning; problems of living
being human and “mental disorders,” 189, 197
boredom, sadness, worry, doubt, despair, irritability, agitation, gloominess, self-pestering, joylessness, frustration, 14
children need to be prepared for, 19
depression and, 19
distress, biological and psychological, 12
humanist values vs. selfishness, 13
insomnia and, 91
John, 17–20
labels, 5
life purpose and meaning, 12, 100–101, 106–8, 129
little understanding of what goes on “inside” human beings, 10
mechanics of survival, 16
“mental disorder” or “mental disease” vs., 197
mental distress, xi, 4, 11, 87, 132, 184
naturalness and inevitability, 19
predictable and natural, 11
predictable and painful, 13
psychological pain, 11, 26–27, 112
relationships, 12, 91, 95, 145, 177, 203, 205
reluctance to collaborate, 10
reluctance to make changes, 10, 18
sleep problems, 19
treating life vs. medical treatment, 10
values vs. self-interest, 16
work, meaningless, 15–16
drive theory of motivation, 3
drug companies, ix, 54, 191. See also pharmaceutical companies
DSM-4. See Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-4)
DSM-5. See Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)
E
Edwards, Paul, 117
emotional distress. See also The Brooklyn Project; cause and effect; distress of life; life purpose and meaning; “mental health” tips
cause, resistance to examining, 49, 148, 185
chemical vs. strategy, net benefits of, 188
children, 188
cooperation, lack of, 50–52
coping skills and resilience to, 183
customer resistance, 49
daily habits, habits of mind, or circumstances, 49–50
helping relationship, 50
helping strategy or tactic, 187
life purpose and meaning, 100
life’s problems, 47–48
mental disorder label, 135
mental health and, 183–84
mental health manual, 63
natural and inevitable, ix, 1, 19
normal vs. abnormal, 182
sources and causes of, 63
treatment methods, 187
emotional suffering, 132
eudaimonic wellbeing, 105
executive awareness, 114–16
existential. See also life purpose and
meaning
psychotherapists, 99
realities, 171
reasons, 99
sadness, 101
F
family therapists, 48, 130–31, 186, 195
fashion blindness disorder, 155
Finnish Open Dialogue method, 141, 147, 192. See also Laguna Honda Hospital
free will and determinism, 116–19
Freud, Sigmund, 17, 57, 174, 180, 184, 191, 195
G
genetic predispositions, 7
Gheel (Belgium city), 143–44, 147
goal-oriented, quasi-coaching models, 194
God’s Hotel: A Doctor, A Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine (Sweet), 142
Goldstein, Jackie (psychology professor), 143
golf addiction disorder, 155
Gomory, Tomi, 54–55
Good Samaritan experiment, 109–10
Gould, William J., 145
Gould Farm Therapeutic Community (Berkshires of Massachusetts), 145–47
Greenberg, Gary, 54
H
habits, 34, 49–50, 83, 96, 107
happiness, personal, 112
“Hard and Soft Determinism” (Edwards), 117
Harry, 46
hearing voices, 161, 163–66, 168–70, 177. See also Understanding Psychosis report
Hearing Voices Network, 137
hedonic wellbeing, 105
hereditary model, 63–64
human experience specialist. See also “mental health” tips; twelve shifts for professionals
alternative to labeling, 125–28
body language shift from expert leaning back to engaged leaning forward, 132
“cause and effect” in human affairs, difficulties identifying, 92–94
chemical approach vs. conversation with person in a seriously distressed state, 76
children and parents, 30
children as human beings, 151
coaching, teaching and investigative work, 122
co-create an agreement with the client, 41
compassion and empathy, 124
“diagnose and treat,” refuses to, 121
“diagnose and treat symptom pictures,” not obliged to, 38
“diagnosing” or labeling, little or no, 192
DSM and symptom collecting, repudiation of, 131
emotional healing techniques, 180
for every school, 19
focus on the client’s mind and life, 130
guide, teach, problem-solve, be a sounding board, a coach, a confidante, and a teammate of sorts, 124
“helping models,” “skills building” model, or “new habits” model, 193–94
honesty and clarity vs. prescription pads and labels, 131
human beings are regularly defensive and tricky, 94
human situation, mind, or human affairs is not well enough understood, 73
humanistic, existential, and person-centered therapy, 127, 185
idea of ‘executive awareness,’ 116–18
identify causes vs. provide chemicals-with-powerful-effects, 40
improve the mental health of others, 118
inquiry, cause and effect, 94–98
is excluded from managed care, HMOs, insurance payments, insurance panels, 121
knows about being human and negotiating life’s challenges, 197
life formulation model with software support, 180
mental health helper, new, ix, 128
mental health service provision, 45
needs to be legally immunized to tell this truth, 75
new type of professional, 6
no labeling or diagnosing, 125
offer people help they want and need without labeling them, 127
one-to-one relationship, 140
operates free of baggage burdening psychotherapists, family therapists, clinical social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, 195
patient or client vs. fellow human, 45, 52
powerful effects of chemicals are often desired, 76
“problems in living” vs. “mental disease,” 131, 133
pseudo-medical model of diagnosing and labeling is rejected, 39, 207
psychotherapists, 122
rethink treatment model and their practices, 131
tactics, nonthreatening and nonjudg-mental, 116
teaches new habits and skills; points out patterns, 123
“therapeutic talk,” 104
training, 128–30
try to be of help, 125
uses heart, experiences, savvy, intuitions, and training, 123
uses tactics not taxonomies, 128
value, life purpose and meaning issues, 104–8
warmth and support, 148
“wise counsel” model, 186
human experiences. See also distress of life
about, 1–2, 8–9, 26, 39, 42–43, 56
Barbara, 79–81
calamity, 4
cause and effect, 89–98, 115, 134, 177, 182, 189–90, 207
chemicals with-powerful-effects, 76
DSM “symptom pictures” or “syndromes,” 56
Jeanette, 83–84
Jennifer, 87–88
Jules, 81–83
motivation theories exclude, 1–2
Rachel, 85–86
sadness, 62
Sharon, 86–87
Tina, 84–85
humanistic theory of motivation, 3
I
incentive theory of motivation, 3
Insel, Thomas (National Institute of Mental Health), 54
insomnia
distress and, 91
Jane, 172
job situation and, 91
Sally, 69–70
instinct theory of motivation, 3
institutional approaches, generally coercive, 192
J
Jane, 176–77
Jeanette, 83–84
Jeff (Philadelphia), 147
Jennifer, 87–88
Jewry, European, 2
John, 167–68
Johnny, 152–54
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 46–47
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 46, 167
Jules, 81–83
Jung, Carl, 8, 57, 63, 171, 174, 180, 195
K
Keropudas Hospital (Lapland, Finland), 140–41
Kirk, Stuart, 54–55
L
Laguna Honda Hospital (San Francisco), 142–44. See also Finnish Open Dialogue method
Laing, R. D., 8
Langer, Ellen (Harvard), 46–47
life coaching, 192
life formulation model
practitioner’s relationship, 172–75
software program, 178–80
virtues of, 175–77
life purpose and meaning. See also distress of life; emotional distress; existential
about, 12, 74, 100–101, 106–8, 129, 132
human experience specialists, 106–7
life purpose boot camp classes, 107–8
meaning, creating, 108
mental health, future of, 105
mental health service provider, 100–101
Michael, 100–104
value-based meaning, 105
wellbeing, hedonic vs. eudaimonic, 105
Loyd (Anchorage, Alaska), 147
M
Mad in America, 137
Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs (Kirk, Gomery and Cohen), 54–55
manifesto for living, 201
Marcia, 179
marijuana, 68–69
marriage and family therapists, 186
meaninglessness, 5, 27, 167, 207
mental disease
distress of life vs., 197
human distress, 197
problems in living vs., 131, 133
psychiatric medication, 206
question, 189
mental disorder(s)
“broken” or “not broken,” 20
of childhood, 151
of chronic boredom syndrome, 75
of clinical depression, 47
control vs. not control, 185
defining does not make it exist, 57–60
definition, no current workable, 20
of depression, 22, 70, 72, 126, 187, 199
deviations from made-up baseline
“normal,” 5
diagnosing and treating, ix, 1
distress from being human, 189, 197
DMS-4 mental disorder definition, 57–58
DMS-5 mental disorder definition, 58
for every difficulty, 2
fictional label created by a committee, 77
of generalized anxiety disorder, 38
label for children, x, xi, 151–52, 154–57, 159
labeling, i, x, xi, 39, 56, 62–65
lack of knowledge, 74
life purpose choices and meaning needs vs., 132
life’s challenges, negotiating, 197
manifesto for living and, 201
meaning is in question, 76
“mental health” vs. unreal baseline “normal,” 5
of mortophobia, 76
“normal,” threatens the fictional, 2
of oppositional defiance, 153
problems in living vs., 131, 133
psychiatric medication, 206
symptom pictures, 60–61
mental disorder label and prescriptions. See also psychiatric medication(s)
abdication of responsibility for, 18
angry child and, 154
Barbara, 79–81
Bobby, 90
child’s stubbornness, 156
difficult person and, 136
for every life difficulty, 1
fraud by “diagnose and treating mental disorders” with DSM-5, 53–65
Jeanette, 83–84
Jennifer, 87–88
Jules, 81–83
person has label for life, 135
putative experts, deferral to, 110
Rachel, 85–86
Sharon, 86–87
societal game of “diagnosing and treating mental disorders,” 135
symptom pictures and, ix
Tina, 84–85
mental distress, xi, 4, 11, 87, 132, 184
mental health counselors, 4, 130
mental health establishment Brooklyn Project vs., 182–88
chemical “stabilizes your mood,” 201
chemicals-with-effects vs. medicine, 67
contrive to make human difficulties “abnormal” and profit from them, 6
“diagnose and treat mental disorders based on symptom pictures,” 55
diagnoses and treatment options, 30
diagnosing a symptom vs. a cause, 33
DSM-5 and abuse of language, 72–73
DSM-5 does not diagnose, nor is it a manual, 54
DSM-5 lacks validity (National Institute of Mental Health), 54
exposing it is to expose yourself to risk, 75
fooled people into believing mental disorders and mental diseases are treatable with psychiatric medication, 206
independent practitioner vs., 121
injustices and indignities of, 5
mental states, “normal” vs. “abnormal,” 21
“normal” and “abnormal” mental states, society lets them to construe, 21
“normal” and “abnormal” terms are insupportable, 30
opposed to concept that “human beings having human experiences,” 2
patient vs. person, 52
patients readily accept their pronouncements, 55
pills and their “expert talk,” 6
pills with diagnosis, x
profits from making a “diagnosis,” 39
pseudo-medical model of diagnosing or labeling, 39
reform initiatives vs., 189–90
responsibility for your own life vs., 9
symptom picture of mental disorder vs. identifying causes of mental suffering, 71
“symptoms” of an “anxiety disorder,” 34
Mental Health for the Whole Child (Shannon), 149
mental health goal, personal, 114
mental health helper, new, ix, 128. See also
human experience specialist mental health issues, 201
mental health professionals, ix, xi
construe what is “normal” and “abnormal,” 21
debate on tweaking criteria for various “mental disorders,” 56
diagnose presence of mental disorders in “prospective patients,” 46
diagnose with “diagnosing and treating” model, 41
diagnosing vs. conducting a wise human interaction, 125
“diagnosis” vs. complications of cause and effect, 92–94
DSM-5 is a Christmas catalogue for, 54, 63
human experience specialty, 129
markers of abnormality and cash cows, 22
Maurice Temerlin’s experiment, 46
play along and say nothing, 16
pseudo-medical treatment and litigation exposure, 121
psychiatrist, 3–5, 7, 36–37, 46, 50
symptom pictures vs. genuine not-knowing, 73
mental health revolution
better thinking, more clarity, and more careful use of language, 195
challenges that human beings face, public service advertising campaigns about, 196
children and cyber education, 197
children and humanistic values, 196
“diagnosing and treating” shackles removed, 131
distress of life vs. “mental disorder” and “mental disease,” 197
DSM-4 vs. DSM, compare definitions of “mental disorder” in, 195
human experience specialist, 195–96
institutional approaches under HMO, 192
institutions and communities of care, 190, 196
life skills, teach, 196
“manual of concerns” vs. DSM method, 189–90
medications vs. chemicals, 195
new alternatives, 193
other methods, systems, constructs, and institutions, 192–93
picture of what actually helps, 194–95
poverty, reduce or eliminate, 196
problems of living, 189
psychological experience and meaningful life, 197
“pure biology” or “pure science” approach, 192
question “mental disorder” and “mental disease,” 189
snapshot of what is currently going on, 190
speak about “all that we don’t know,” 189
stop using “normal” and “abnormal,” 195
stress reduction anxiety management, and recovery techniques, 196
theory-based diagnostic and treatment models, 191–92
value-based meaning making, 196
website run for humanity, 194
“mental health” tips. See also emotional distress; human experience specialist
anxiety switch, turn off, 204
be yourself, 203
circumstances, deal with your, 205–6
human, accept being, 202
invent yourself, 203
love and be loved, 203
meaning, make, 204–5
meaning trumps mood, 205
mind, get a grip on your, 204
past, heal the, 204
personality, acknowledge straight-jacket of, 202–3
personality, upgrade your, 205
mental illness. See also mental disorder(s)
DSM and medical model of, 56
myth created by psychiatric industry, 56
virus, xi–xii
mental stress, 4
“mentally healthy,” 4, 46, 84, 183
Michael, 101–3
Milgram’s learning experiments, 109
Mother Nature Network, 105
motivation
arousal theory of, 3
drive theory of, 3
humanistic theory of, 3
incentive theory of, 3
instinct theory of, 3
The Myth of the Chemical Cure (Moncrieff), xi, 210
N
names
customer resistance, 49
patient, 45–52
person, 51–52
prospective patient, 46
pseudo-patient, 38
sick person, 46
therapist’s negative expectations, 46–48
Nazis oppressors, 3
neural transmitters, 14
neuropsychiatric disorders, 167
“new habits” model, 123, 193–94
normal
abnormality, markers of, 22
abnormality as “symptoms of disease,” 26
absence of significant distress, 22
child sitting at his desk, 26–27
five boys growing up in same group home, 25–26
gay actor, 29–30
girl, rail-thin, 29–30
healthy vs. unhealthy, 23
“life is a struggle, pain is coming,” 27
“normal” for people to handle their difficulties poorly, 31
normal vs. abnormal, mental health establishment’s distinctions, 21–22, 30
psychological pain, 27
reality of our human condition, 26
self-define emotional health, 28
tactics for dealing with pain and struggle, 28
twenty-nine senses of, 23–25
youth, privileged, 29
O
obesity, 5
obsessive-compulsive disorder, 161, 166
Olson, Mary, 141
open dialogue approach, 140–41, 147, 192
Open Dialogue Approach to Acute Psychosis: Its Poetics and Micropolitics (Seikkula and Olson), 141
oppositional defiant personality disorder, 51
P
Parenting the Whole Child (Shannon), 149
parents’ nine-point checklist for children, 157–60
Paster, Samuel, 167
pastoral counseling, 192
patients’ rights movement, 75
pediatrician, 164
personality, 112–16, 118, 122, 125
personality disorder, 50–51, 136, 177
pharmaceutical companies, xi, 6, 76. See also drug companies
post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 22–23, 79, 86, 201
post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), 86
problems of living, xii, 132, 180, 189, 192. See also distress of life
pseudo-medical theory, 3
pseudo-theory-based psychotherapy approach, 192
psychiatric medication(s). See also chemicals; chemicals-with-effects; drug companies
advertisements for, 2
Barbara, 79–81
chemicals with powerful effects, x, 73, 77
children, one in thirteen, 150
for diseases and disorders not proven to exist, 7
Geel’s foster family care system, 144
Jeanette, 83–84
Jennifer, 87–88
Jules, 81–83
for mental disorders and mental diseases, 206
Rachel, 85–86
several, x
Sharon, 86–87
Tina, 84–85
psychiatrists, 131
psychoactive chemicals, 55
psychoanalytic theory, 3
psychological pain, 11, 26–27, 112
psychologists, 4, 48, 53, 121, 130, 164, 186, 195
Psychology Today article, 41
psychosis, 46, 140–41, 161–62, 167, 170, 174
psychotherapists, 4, 6, 38, 53, 121, 131, 191
psychotherapy client-centered, 192
PTSD. See post traumatic stress disorder
PTSS. See post traumatic stress symptoms
R
Rachel, 85–86
Rosenhan, David, 164
S
sadness
“abnormal” and “symptoms of disease,” 26
anger, 97
Bill, 74
bill problems or hating your job, 62
brain chemistry disorder, 5
Brooklyn Project, 183–84
causal chain, helping person step back from, 115
cause, person knows the, 91
cause vs. diagnosis and labeling, 100
chronic, 50
“clinical depression,” 71
depression, treated as, 74
described without labeling, 93
distress, relieving the, 98
DSM-5 and, 59
existential cause vs. biological or psychological, 101
expected and normal, 22
formed personality and habits of mind, 50
frustration, inner turmoil and, 27
human experience specialist, 125, 174
human reaction of, 131
illegitimate “diagnosing,” 43
indicator of human experience, 62
John, 167–68
living creates, 161
medical condition vs. feeling, 62
mental disorder, symptom of, 57, 150
mental disorder of depression, 70, 72–73
mood-altering substance, 71
normal outcome of life, 27
pill-pushing mentality, 100
psychological events, 26
regret, 116
Sally, 70
software device, 179
tags, 176
vaccine against, 92
Sally, 69–70
schizoaffective disorder, 146
schizophrenia. See also hearing voices; Understanding Psychosis report
biological cause lacking, 93–94, 169, 192
biological malfunction, assumed, 169–70
Compeer Inc., 147
“crazy person,” 169
disorder, 12
Gould Farm therapeutic community, 146–47
human life problems, 199
John, 167–68
label, made-up diagnostic, 177
label based on observations, 136
“label” falsely implies that we know what is going on when in fact we don’t, 136
label supports compulsion and coercion vs. caring, 170
“madness,” 161
mental illness of, 199
no biological cause, 93–94
no known common cause, 12, 136
no reality to the term, 54, 192
“psychosis,” 170
software program, 179
symptom based diagnosis, 55
Understanding Psychosis report, 164–65, 168, 170
Seikkula, Jaakko, 141
self-actualization, 3
sexual refusal disorder, 155
Shannon, Scott, 149
Sharon, 86–87
“skills building” model, 193–94
social constructivist models, 194
social justice models, 194
social psychology experiments, 109–10
Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community in (Cuttingsville, Vermont), 144–45, 147
St. Dymphna (Celtic princess), 143
Sweet, Victoria (physician), 142–43
symptom-focused models, new, 194
Szasz, Thomas, 8
“mental illness” is the expressions of man’s struggle with the problem of how he should live, 56
The Myth of Mental Illness, xi, 56, 211
T
Temerlin, Maurice, 46
The Myth of Mental Illness (Szasz), xi, 56, 211
therapist, client-centered, 123
Tina, 84–85
Toxic Psychiatry (Breggin), xi, 209
twelve shifts for professionals. See also human experience specialist
accept that you don’t really know what’s going on with the person sitting across from you, 134
advocacy of your position, don’t flinch in the face of pushback to, 135–36
arguments against current practices, familiarizing yourself with, 136–37
“difficult person” vs. “mentally diseased person,” 136
help relieve human distress vs. “diagnose and treat mental disorders,” 137
“I need to be human” vs. “I need to look like an expert,” 133–34
mental wellness movement, advocate for, 135
“problems in living thinking” vs. “mental disease thinking,” 131, 133
shift in direction of clarity and honesty, 132–33
shift in mandate and wording of your license, 132
shift in tactics, strategies, and practices, 134
socioeconomic conditions and social and cultural realities of sufferers, 134–35
U
Understanding Psychosis report (British Psychological Society), 162, 164–65, 168, 170
V
value-based meaning-making, 115
violence attraction disorder, 155
W
website for humanity, 194
Wholeness Center (Fort Collins, Colorado), 149
Z
Zimbardo’s prison experiments, 109