Giving the psychiatric community control over labeling human beings as “mentally ill” is giving the government power over any human being-—and will lead to the filling of gulags and removal of all human freedoms.
Having power to “label” removes freedom-—any political group in power can pay anyone to label their enemies as “mentally ill”-—it is what has happened through out Communists/Marxist/Leftist societies, since the French Revolution.
Psychiatry is NOT a hard science-—it is “guessing” and predicting the “future” which is impossible. There is no understanding of individual’s minds or predicting acts. Everyone is unique and experiences are unique.
BTTT your excellent post!
Absolutely right-and because every human mind is unique, and processes experience differently, we will never be safe from the occassional madman-it is impossible. Too many believe there can be a perfect human society, even though humans are not.
I doubt that many psychiatrists would be willing to act as authors of gulag orders-they are already terrified of lawsuits-and that is okay, too...