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Hm, I hope the following explains better what I mean: A "Nervenarzt" explained to me it means "Doctor for Psychiatry and Neurology", and it's old-fashioned. What I wanted to say is that - that's how I understood it - before 1945 at least (maybe before 1988) "Psychiatry" seems to have been a...

@Jonathan Edwards, I was referring to Germany because I have no detailed info about other countries. But since forced sterilization came from the US, these views might haven been more widely shared. Psychiatry was mental illnesses plus nervous disorders. I forgot the year - when it was...

I am reading the chapter "Inherited mental illnesses and psychopathies" of "Grundriß der menschlichen Erblichkeitslehre und Rassenhygiene" (Foundation of the human doctrine of inheritance and hygiene of races) by Baur, Fischer, Lenz (1921), which reminded me strongly of many things Wessely&Co...

Who is Andy Dearden?

The following may give a hint that Parkinson's, like Chorea Huntington, was viewed (at least in Germany) as an inherited nervous disorder: "Grundriß der menschlichen Erblichkeitslehre und Rassenhygiene, by Erwin Baur, Eugen Fischer, Fritz Lenz" (p. 221). So not psychosomatic, and not...

I have found no information that Parkinson's was viewed as psychosomatic, only that it was viewed as psychiatric. I understand that brain/psyche weren't differentiated. (Something some psychiatrists want to have today again; also, "research" on the genetic background of "psychiatric illnesses"...

I refer to Germany, where during the "Action T4" also people with Parkinson's and epilepsy were killed, and if you look into the lists, Parkinson's must have been replaced (e.g. idiocy, imbecility - you don't find Parkinson's very often) or such a diagnosis was added. Epilepsy was viewed as an...

In the 1940s, Parkinson's was viewed as a psychiatric illness, as was epilepsy.

I think his position is different from that found in Nazi Germany: Then, "psychiatric diagnoses" were used as a label for "worthless life", like a sign. They seem to have viewed mental illnesses as very real; they were viewed as inherited. To be honest, my impression is that principle is still...

Ahhh. I was wondering about something the past few days, and here comes the answer. I adjusted swiftly to my restrictions, including keeping PEM as small as possible (well...). One could call this "sickness behavior". I often see how people look. Sometimes they seem aghast or embarrassed...

I am happy @dave30th is finding clear words here. It's exactly how he describes it. It saddens me deeply to know that the recipients of the critique won't understand the deeper problems they create. There already were times when unwanted people received arbitrary and unfounded psychiatric...

What's the difference of sexual harassment and sexual abuse of a child? Wouldn't the child feel it as abusive either way? And if a parent makes compliments about the look, is that sexual harassment? Isn't it more important what the child feels like while it's happening?

Welcome back in the 70s, it seems. I thought we had overcome the "childhood trauma model" as an explanation for any problems.

But "they" see that as a symptom of a primary depressive or anxiety disorder, not as a sign of despair due to a disabling, life altering, financial existence endangering disease.

This is a positive statement. I feel thankful.

Wow, just incredible!

Sad. Do you know why?

Hm, I don't know if that's a general rule. There was a physics group at the Uni where I did my PhD (our group made simulations for them) which discovered (new) nanomaterials. Their results were widely hyped. The problem is: Their findings were really good; I didn't like them (pretty arrogant)...

I came across the article - in fact, there's a second article about that paper: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/epstein-barr-virus-autoimmune-diseases Interesting. Where's the hype? The paper is published in Nature. Has Nature become crap, too (or is a bit like Cochrane)...

At the beginning it was 75mg Prednisone once or twice. Since I didn't feel too good with it, I reduced it to 50mg once or twice. I had to do this for ca. 3 months, with the higher dosage a bit longer. Now, 20-30mg of hydrocortisone are enough to help. (But at the very beginning, it had to be...