more evidence against the medical metaphor for mental illness

[threejane]

In other parts of the world mental illness is seen as an affliction rather than an identity ....

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html?pagewanted=1&hpw

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Information

[sighris]

I found this interesting:
First Person Plural (2008)
Science suggests that ~ALL~ of us contains multiple selves with different desires, and all fighting for control...
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/multiple-personalities

Enjoy!
Sighris

Re: Information

[threejane]

Not to mention the idea that a 'self' is nonsense for Buddhists.