Beck repeats what others say. So it would be second-hand info from him.
Incidentally, this is just too reminiscent of Soviet “psychiatry”, which dictated that those who question communism are mentally ill.
Yes, and I apologize for repeating the other mentions of Soviet political psychiatry here. If anything ought to completely invalidate the DSM in anyone’s mind, it ought to be this.
If you ONLY KNEW what Communism REALLY IS you'd bow down and hope that you could live under such rule... < /paraphrase of Hanoi Jane Hilton quote >