I am in no way qualified in the field of psychiatry or psychology, so I may
be wrong, but I don't think there's consensus within the field that insanity
is culturally defined. This is certainly one of the factors involved, but I
think that in at least some circumstances there are also biological causes
of various behavioral disorders that we call insanity. That is, it is often
defects in brain functioning that results in problems. In this sense,
insanity is a low quality biological pattern of value, not only a low
quality social pattern.
- Matt
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