Sunday, March 26, 2006

Afghan Case Against Christian Convert Falters

Mental illness may yet save the day and prevent the clash of civilizations,

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Midnight Conversations With a Two-Headed Mind

In case you missed it, here is a beautiful little article by the psychiatrist Elissa Ely. Would that more psychiatrists had her narrative gift and ear for the personal. If you are lucky you can her her on NPR as well.

Sane Chinese Put in Asylum, Doctors Find

In case any thinks that political imprisonment in psychiatric hospitals is a thing of the past, here is a well documented current case. When will we adopt the diagnosis "conspicuously enhanced pathological will?" Or do we already have it and call it Oppositional Defiant disorder?