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“We have to remember,” stated the psychiatrist E. H. Parsons (cited in Whitaker
2010a : 50–51) in 1955, “that we are not treating diseases with this drug
… We are using a neuropharmacologic agent to produce a specific effect.” That effect has been summated by Breggin ( 1991 : 55, emphasis original) as, “[p]atient’s don’t lose their symptoms, they lose interest in them.”
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2010a : 50–51) in 1955, “that we are not treating diseases with this drug
… We are using a neuropharmacologic agent to produce a specific effect.” That effect has been summated by Breggin ( 1991 : 55, emphasis original) as, “[p]atient’s don’t lose their symptoms, they lose interest in them.”
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Laid thick with the values of neoliberalism, the discourse of “positive mental health” no longer focuses primarily on bringing the “insane” back to some state of normality but rather on the self-improvement of the individual. It is no longer enough to be “sane” or “normal”; one has to be constantly striving to be more positive and happier in life. This is a
therapeutic quest which perfectly aligns with the..
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