Plain Talker Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 what would you say is a "mickey mouse" condition, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickiethecat Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 what would you say is a "mickey mouse" condition, then? "stress", "depression", "autism" and all the other recently invented "mental illnesses". None of these so-called conditions existed before the welfare state was created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 "stress", "depression", "autism" and all the other recently invented "mental illnesses". None of these so-called conditions existed before the welfare state was created. What a ridiculous thing to say. Of course they existed, only people were locked away in asylums and came under the generic diagnosis of 'lunatic', were treated as freaks and totally excluded from society. Next you'll be saying that PTSD is new and the WWI veterans weren't suffering from it because it predates the welfare state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 "stress", "depression", "autism" and all the other recently invented "mental illnesses". None of these so-called conditions existed before the welfare state was created. Autism is a well-known and potentially very disabling condition. Autism is in my family (My sister and her son have it, and a cousin's husband and son have it) There's a strong genetic slant to autism, and it certainly is not a "Mickey Mouse" condition. As an Aside:- Do you realise that because MS tended to affect women more than men, doctors thought, well into the 1930s and 40s, that it was a "hysterical" condition? would you describe someone with MS as having a "Mickey-Mouse" condition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane39 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 "stress", "depression", "autism" and all the other recently invented "mental illnesses". None of these so-called conditions existed before the welfare state was created. Depends how severe their Autistic condition is. Mental illness...I know of a lecturer who threw himself off a bridge other month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 What a ridiculous thing to say. Of course they existed, only people were locked away in asylums and came under the generic diagnosis of 'lunatic', were treated as freaks and totally excluded from society. Next you'll be saying that PTSD is new and the WWI veterans weren't suffering from it because it predates the welfare state. Autism, and it's symptoms were well-recognised, many years ago, but it was thought to be a juvenile form of Schizophrenia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Depends how severe their Autistic condition is. Mental illness...I know of a lecturer who threw himself off a bridge other month. Autism can affect many aspects of a person's life. One woman described the efforts of someone Autistic, trying to communicate, as "being in a strange country, where you do not know the customs of gestures or language, and trying to speak with a native of that country. Re Mental Health Issues:- Do you remember the chap who threw himself of the parkway bridge about 10 years ago? He was a friend of mine, an ex-boss. He survived, that time, but with terrible injuries. He had suffered many years of torment, living with his mental health condition. He finally "succeeded" in taking his life about six years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 What a ridiculous thing to say. Of course they existed, only people were locked away in asylums and came under the generic diagnosis of 'lunatic', were treated as freaks and totally excluded from society. Next you'll be saying that PTSD is new and the WWI veterans weren't suffering from it because it predates the welfare state. PTSD? *huffs, disdainingly* just a touch of shell-shock, that's all *twirls her Kitchener-stye moustache* send the blighters back to the front! They'll soon shape up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Autism, and it's symptoms were well-recognised, many years ago, but it was thought to be a juvenile form of Schizophrenia. Well that's the other way round than my cousin. His original diagnosis in his teens was that he was schizophrenic, but now decades later his diagnosis is autism. Doctors pretend they can diagnose and treat mental conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Well that's the other way round than my cousin. His original diagnosis in his teens was that he was schizophrenic, but now decades later his diagnosis is autism. Doctors pretend they can diagnose and treat mental conditions. A lot of them are increasingly being recognised as being co-morbid which is why there is often a misdiagnosis initially as one condition may present more strongly than the other. Furthermore, there are many overlaps in many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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