tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post6771960602434842259..comments2023-07-13T05:01:01.343-07:00Comments on Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia: A new kind of stigma: Not sane enough to be weirdAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-67963941235101459792009-10-03T00:08:18.121-07:002009-10-03T00:08:18.121-07:00That's a very interesting link you provided. I...That's a very interesting link you provided. Isn't it sad that asking for help (directly or indirectly) is the main criterion for mental illness? The base for this exclusion seems to be as you said, the belief that there is something so different about the mentally ill as to make them untouchable as research subjects.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-56054876696548318812009-10-02T15:52:37.552-07:002009-10-02T15:52:37.552-07:00Once labelled... There's a blog post on Madnes...Once labelled... There's a blog post on Madness Radio's blog with among others a talk by Ron Coleman: <a href="http://www.madnessradio.net/world-hearing-voices-congress-holland-audio" rel="nofollow">http://www.madnessradio.net/world-hearing-voices-congress-holland-audio</a> <br /><br />In his talk he says, the problem with hearing voices aren't the voices but whether people manage to deal in a for society acceptable way with them, or not. Basically, that makes - directly or indirectly - asking for help the main criterion for "mental illness". Indeed. How this ever could justify the exclusion of anyone, if it is in regard to a study about flying saucers or whatever else, is a mystery to me. But then again, if you believe it's all genes and biochemistry, then of course...Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273435151682585281noreply@blogger.com