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Talk:Mental illness (view source)
Revision as of 17:59, September 7, 2010
, 17:59, September 7, 2010→Quote added 7-Sep-10: new section
::"mental disorder" means mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder and any other disorder or disability of mind and "mentally disordered" shall be construed accordingly;"
::"mental disorder" means mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder and any other disorder or disability of mind and "mentally disordered" shall be construed accordingly;"
</blockquote>Nowhere in the MHA 1983 is the term "insane" or "insanity" used. However, the term *is* used in the Insanity (Fitness to Plead) Act, which is *significantly* older than the MHA 1983, but, once again, that Act doesn't describe what "insanity" or "insane" mean. The Insanity (Fitness to Plead) Act relates soley to the ability of the individual's capacity to understand the legal process and to instruct solicitors on their own behalf - it lays no charge with mental health professionals to diagnose, prove or disprove any form of mental disorder. And '''yes''', I '''am''' a mental health nurse, and '''yes''', I '''do''' know what I'm talking about. [[User:Spica|Spica]] 19:14, 5 May 2007 (EDT)
</blockquote>Nowhere in the MHA 1983 is the term "insane" or "insanity" used. However, the term *is* used in the Insanity (Fitness to Plead) Act, which is *significantly* older than the MHA 1983, but, once again, that Act doesn't describe what "insanity" or "insane" mean. The Insanity (Fitness to Plead) Act relates soley to the ability of the individual's capacity to understand the legal process and to instruct solicitors on their own behalf - it lays no charge with mental health professionals to diagnose, prove or disprove any form of mental disorder. And '''yes''', I '''am''' a mental health nurse, and '''yes''', I '''do''' know what I'm talking about. [[User:Spica|Spica]] 19:14, 5 May 2007 (EDT)
== Quote added 7-Sep-10 ==
The quote taken from "Destructive Trends in Mental Health: The Well-Intentioned Path to Harm" (ed. Rogers H. Wright and Nicolas A. Cummings, New York: Routledge, 2005) is taken out of context with the result that it takes on an unintended meaning here. The full passage from the book review--
:A chapter devoted to children called "The Diseasing of America's Children" addresses the myth that childhood behavior disorders are caused by genes, noting that there is no good scientific evidence. Rosemond concludes, "The perpetrators of the disease model of behavior disorders engage in disingenuous misleading arguments" (p. 223).
--clearly indicates that the "disease model" here criticized as "disingenuous" and "misleading" is that of ''childhood'' behavior disorders, not of behavior disorders in general or of mental illness itself. This use of the quote is disingenuous and misleading. [[User:DuncanD|DuncanD]] 13:59, 7 September 2010 (EDT)