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The passion to interpret as madness that with which we disagree seems to have infected the best of contemporary minds.


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In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.



Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.

Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.



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In the past, men created witches: now they create mental patients.



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What people really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort, or esteem, but games worth playing



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The neurotic has problems; the psychotic has solutions.





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