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Diagnosing and Social Policy

Posted by jsmithcooper on 2011-March-3 18:06:42, Thursday
In reply to Um.. excuse me? posted by jsmithcooper on 2011-March-3 17:53:57, Thursday

I think the issue with diagnosing patients then weigh into political issues, and that is when the lawyers stand up, and the psychiatrists sit down, but are sometimes eager to put their hand up (if they're brave) to make suggestions on social and public health and safety policies. Somehow, at this point however, psychiatrists loose a little bit of power. The state somehow possesses the power to decide what thoughts are punishable, and what thoughts are not. (Sorry to get so cynical).

Sometimes their suggestions impinge on human rights. Recently however, we've seen some progress and the new DSM will be an interesting read :-/



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