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'''Mental health''' purports to be a simple analogue to physical [[health]]. This is however, a misleading parallel, which overlooks the fact that it has a long history of exploitation by authorities to try to explain dissent.
 
'''Mental health''' purports to be a simple analogue to physical [[health]]. This is however, a misleading parallel, which overlooks the fact that it has a long history of exploitation by authorities to try to explain dissent.
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==Depression==
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In 2018 [[Depression]] was "the no. 1 cause of ill health and disability worldwide" and is increasing.<ref>https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/05/depression-prevents-many-of-us-from-leading-healthy-and-productive-lives-being-the-no-1-cause-of-ill-health-and-disability-worldwide/</ref>
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==Suicide==
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[[CDC]] data states that [[suicide]] has risen in the US about 25% in the last 20 years.<ref>https://www.livescience.com/62781-why-are-suicide-rates-rising.html</ref>
  
 
==Establishment misuse==
 
==Establishment misuse==

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Can be used to try to suppress truth

Mental health purports to be a simple analogue to physical health. This is however, a misleading parallel, which overlooks the fact that it has a long history of exploitation by authorities to try to explain dissent.

Depression

Full article: Depression

In 2018 Depression was "the no. 1 cause of ill health and disability worldwide" and is increasing.[1]

Suicide

Full article: Suicide

CDC data states that suicide has risen in the US about 25% in the last 20 years.[2]

Establishment misuse

Many establishments have succumbed to the temptation to imply that those who ask inconvenient questions do so because they are ill, and that the questions themselves need no answers. A 2010 paper wrote that:

“The logic of the conspiracy meme is to question everything the ‘establishment’ — be it government or scientists — says or does... Conspiracy theories can be useful for scientists who are so far out of the mainstream in their field that they seek to appeal to alternative funding sources or publication outlets. They also might occasionally surface when a scientist's mental health deteriorates to the point that he or she loses touch with reality.”
Ted Goertzel (2010)  Conspiracy theories in science [3]

JFK Assassination

Full article: JFK/Assassination

Both Eugene Dinkin and David Christensen were interned in psychiatric wards after deciphering information about the JFK Assassination.[4]

9-11

Full article: Rated 4/5 9-11

In 2006 Clare Swinney brought a complaint to the New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority pointing out that TVNZ's claim that Osama bin Laden organised the 9/11 attacks was an outright lie. Shortly afterwards, she was incarcerated for 11 days in a psychiatric ward and subjected to compulsory treatment, The head psychiatrist told a judge that she should remain in hospital as her belief that 9/11 was an inside job was evidence she was "delusional". The judge agreed.[5] An FBI internal memo suggested that "Conspiracy theories about Westerners. e.g. the CIA arranged for 9/11 to legitimize the invasion of foreign lands" were a "potential indicator of terrorist activity".[6]

NYPD/Corruption

Full article: NYPD/Corruption

Adrian Schoolcraft was forcibly interned in a mental hospital and prevented from using the telephone after making recordings of his workplace.

"Conspiracy theories"

Full article: "Conspiracy theories

The academic research into "Conspiracy theories" is an example of modern day subversion of the concept of mental health, since it associates the belief in widespread high level corruption with madness, but refuses to consider the evidence for this phenomenon, instead preferring to credulously assume that official narratives are if not always true, almost always well intentioned.

Response

Ruling groups in many societies have defined opposition to them as signs of poor mental health, sometimes requiring treatment such as electroshock, forcible imprisonment or drugs.


 

Examples

Page nameDescription
AmnesiaMemory failure
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Mass formationAn explanation promoted in 2021 of public reactions to the COVID-19/Response
Mental disorderThe concept of 'mental illness' has a history of abuse by establishments seeking to enforce belief in their official narrative.
Psychosis

 

Related Quotation

PageQuoteAuthor
John Lennon“I think all our society is run by insane people for insane objectives... I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal means. If anybody can put on paper what our government and the American government and the Russian... Chinese... what they are actually trying to do, and what they think they’re doing, I’d be very pleased to know what they think they’re doing. I think they’re all insane. But I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it.”John Lennon
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