"Every moment of one's life, one is growing into more or retreating into less." - Norman Mailer

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Several examples of why I do not like psychology

With the caveat: While not all that Wikipedia purports is totally accurate, I think it's reasonable to suppose it's a good source for the general idea of a thing.

Paris Syndrome

Jerusalem syndrome

These "illnesses" are not. Furthermore, they completely ignore past history of mental health (or lack thereof), or context.

Psychology seeks to medicalize cultural phenomena and pathologize them.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

DAVEY NOT DAVID.