[ExI] Reinforcing our Prejudices

[Lee Corbin]

Stathis writes


> Lee wrote:
> 
>>  Perhaps reinforcing the researchers' own biases? At least
>>  things along the lines of counting the political opposition
>>  as retarded or mentally ill are less prevalent today. A huge
>>  number of psychiatrists in the 1960s were willing to affirm
>>  that [one candidate] was mentally ill for spouting his "nonsense".
> 
> Mental illness is not a social construct any more than hepatitis or
> renal failure is a social construct.

What is your opinion of Thomas Szasz's claims, e.g., "The Myth
of Mental Illness"?

Lee