Re: MD The DEFINITION of "Insanity"

From: David Lind (Trickster@postmark.net)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2000 - 07:25:09 BST


Hmmmm....biological versus social/cultural.... what if the social
"dysfunction" results in a brain abnormality? what do we have then?

Shalom

David Lind
Trickster@postmark.net

Matthew Ketchum wrote:

> 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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