“As its lists of diagnoses and ‘diseases’ proliferate, the frantic efforts to distinguish ever-larger numbers of types and sub-types of mental disorder come to seem like an elaborately disguised game of make-believe.” — Andrew Scull Copy Share Image
“Saul, the first king of the Israelites, and Nebuchadnezzar, the mighty king of Babylon, both offended Yahweh, and both received a terrible punishment for… — Andrew Scull Copy Share Image
“As its lists of diagnoses and ‘diseases’ proliferate, the frantic efforts to distinguish ever-larger numbers of types and sub-types of mental disorder come to… — Andrew Scull Copy Share Image
“It reminds insistently of how tenuous our own hold on reality may sometimes be. It challenges our sense of the very limits of what… — Andrew Scull Copy Share Image
“Only later, when the ambiguities and implied contempt – the slur embodied in that term – came to seem too much, did the proto-profession… — Andrew Scull Copy Share Image
