[Vision2020] Definition Of "Schizophrenic" Will Boggle Mind

[Tom Hansen]

Schizophrenia does not necessarily refer to mental illness.

 

schizo.phre.nia - contradictory or antagonistic qualities or attitudes <both
parties... have exhibited schizophrenia over the desired outcome --
Elizabeth Drew>

 

From:

 

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary
<http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=schizophrenic&x=21
&y=11> &va=schizophrenic&x=21&y=11

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
exist very nicely in the same box. 

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All:

The word "schizophrenic" has been tossed around on V2020 as if people
actually know what it means, though the intent of some posts may have been
sarcastic and humorous, rather than to use this word as a technical medical
description.

I am posting to the list two sources for a definition of "schizophrenia."
To anyone thoroughly surveying these definitions, it should be obvious that
this word has become a catch all phrase for a wide range of behavioral and
mental difficulties that are so different in etiology and description that
using the word "schizophrenic" to label someone can be very imprecise and
misleading.  Some in the psychiatric profession have suggested abandoning
use of this word due to these difficulties.  The word "schizophrenic"
originates from a very primitive period in the development of human
understanding of the mind/brain of our species.  It is nearly as useless a
term to specifically and precisely describe a mental illness as labeling
someone "bonkers."

Below find the "American" and "European" definition.  

http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-ps01.html

http://www.mentalhealth.com/icd/p22-ps01.html

Ted Moffett

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