Psychology Today Hit Piece Labels Conspiracy Thinking A Psychotic Illness

Why is that news in Psychology Today? Are conspiracy theorists traditionally know as paranoid schizophrenics?
 
I see that many of our ADers have their tin foil hats on. :hmm:

I thought that being a conservative is a personality disorder, like Narcissist CEO or Dependent Stepford wife. :giggle:
 
sallylou said:
I see that many of our ADers have their tin foil hats on. :hmm:

I thought that being a conservative is a personality disorder, like Narcissist CEO or Dependent Stepford wife. :giggle:
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Dependent Stepford Wife...I like that!:giggle:

It would seem that many conservatives would be testing high enough in the clinical scales to be diagnosable, but others fall just below that clinical cutoff and qualify only as having the traits.:P
 
I heard an expert speak at a family law course. She cited the stats for personality disorders and I was stunned. Then, she said that there were many more people who didn't qualify for the formal diagnosis but have personality disorder characteristics that significantly impair their ability to function and quality of life. She said that these were the people in family courts. I believe her! It's a zoo. Quite an education.
 
sallylou said:
I heard an expert speak at a family law course. She cited the stats for personality disorders and I was stunned. Then, she said that there were many more people who didn't qualify for the formal diagnosis but have personality disorder characteristics that significantly impair their ability to function and quality of life. She said that these were the people in family courts. I believe her! It's a zoo. Quite an education.
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She was telling you the truth. I see it on a daily basis.
 
Yes, I have worked with them and it's a challenge. Getting them to make rationale decisions? Not so much.
 
Not such a far leap

Here is a truth- if you have one or more human beings you have the possibility
of conspiracy. It is a basic component of our predatory nature as animals on the planet Earth. It is what puts us at the top of the food chain just under viruses, prions, and bacteria. To deny conspiracy is to deny the human element. When it is psycho is when they are out to get some guy that lives by himself in a cabin in the woods filled with firearms and bombmaking materials.
"They are all out to get me!" Lets hope they get him soon too. I just hope they don't come to get me as well. ... where are they I know them they are sneaky I have to be on the look out every minute....
 
inspirabull said:
Here is a truth- if you have one or more human beings you have the possibility
of conspiracy. It is a basic component of our predatory nature as animals on the planet Earth. It is what puts us at the top of the food chain just under viruses, prions, and bacteria. To deny conspiracy is to deny the human element. When it is psycho is when they are out to get some guy that lives by himself in a cabin in the woods filled with firearms and bombmaking materials.
"They are all out to get me!" Lets hope they get him soon too. I just hope they don't come to get me as well. ... where are they I know them they are sneaky I have to be on the look out every minute....
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:lol:
 
sallylou said:
I heard an expert speak at a family law course. She cited the stats for personality disorders and I was stunned. Then, she said that there were many more people who didn't qualify for the formal diagnosis but have personality disorder characteristics that significantly impair their ability to function and quality of life. She said that these were the people in family courts. I believe her! It's a zoo. Quite an education.
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I can believe it.
 
jillio said:
Conspiracy thinking is a bit more than thinking outside the box. In includes elements of paranoia and delusion.
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it does not,

now it sounds as so you condone that psychology's labelling, moreso 'situational depression' is going to increase, which will be no surprise, induced mass unemployment will have this psychology group's support to rationalise their refusal to help distressed people, thus inducing suicides.

There is nothing delusional about government playing with words and twisting truths (nothing new there), furthermore there's nothing delusional about worrying about how to get a safe home to live in, and some funds to buy food...

Should people be paranoid about it? i think so, those fuckers only care about themselves, psychology isnt gospel and neither valid for many situtations people fall into. It is a SOCIAL problem, not a mental 'stability' problem of those victimised individuals. Typical of americans they favour psychology as it seem to be 'fitting' with the liberal political thoughts. puke:barf:

Having psychologists helping out governments to carry out the refusal to help when the big cut occurs is one of the biggest disgrace. I suppose if you look at it from this take, this is not much different from sending of women, children to war in vietnam and expect them to get shot, as a means of population reduction. :booty:
 
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There is nothing delusional about it when it is true. However, when individuals refuse to believe the truth, no matter how many times their "conspiracy theories" are debunked, then there is definately something delusional about it. And yes,there is an element of paranoia to this type of thinking.

We are not talking about people who are worried about everyday concerns such as providing housing, food, and clothing for their families on a daily basis. That is not conspiracy thinking. The very definition of paranoia implies irrational fear. There is a continuum here.:cool2:
 
Grummer said:
it does not,

now it sounds as so you condone that psychology's labelling, moreso 'situational depression' is going to increase, which will be no surprise, induced mass unemployment will have this psychology group's support to rationalise their refusal to help distressed people, thus inducing suicides.

There is nothing delusional about government playing with words and twisting truths (nothing new there), furthermore there's nothing delusional about worrying about how to get a safe home to live in, and some funds to buy food...

Should people be paranoid about it? i think so, those fuckers only care about themselves, psychology isnt gospel and neither valid for many situtations people fall into. It is a SOCIAL problem, not a mental 'stability' problem of those victimised individuals. Typical of americans they favour psychology as it seem to be 'fitting' with the liberal political thoughts. puke:barf:

Having psychologists helping out governments to carry out the refusal to help when the big cut occurs is one of the biggest disgrace. I suppose if you look at it from this take, this is not much different from sending of women, children to war in vietnam and expect them to get shot, as a means of population reduction. :booty:
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Woha... someone had a problem with psychologists.

Conspiracy theorists-- have you ever met them? They are the kind that believe Area 51 exists. They are the ones that develop nuclear bunkers thinking the world will end. They are the ones that build cellars full of supplies because they believe that Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast is actually true AFTER it was exposed to be false.

Distrust in the government is common. Domestic dissent is common. Both are valid. They don't necessarily means conspiracies.
 
I heard that liberalism is a mental disorder. ;)

BTW, Area 51 is a real place. It's what goes on there is where the conspiracies arise.
 
Reba said:
I heard that liberalism is a mental disorder. ;)

BTW, Area 51 is a real place. It's what goes on there is where the conspiracies arise.
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Oh, crap! They caught me! *Gathers up his philosophy texts and runs for the hills*

But yes, you're right. My apology. I was thinking of Roswell incident and Stargate SG1 when I thought of Area 51.

The biggest problem with misdiagnoses are the people that demand them: the military, insurance companies and the education system; they don't want to spend more than two weeks worth of sessions before a proper diagnosis can be made, and many psychologists will admit that they are pressured to make a diagnosis within a rather abrupt deadline. And yes, I have been on the of the stick numerous of times regarding this one.
 
Liberalism has never been linked to a mental disorder. However, it has been linked to greater fluid intelligence and creative thought. ;)
 
jillio said:
Liberalism has never been linked to a mental disorder. However, it has been linked to greater fluid intelligence and creative thought. ;)
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You mean emotional intelligence and emotional creative thought.

I have yet seen evidence that a liberal actually uses a brain for intelligence and creativity.

Yiz
 
yizuman said:
You mean emotional intelligence and emotional creative thought.

I have yet seen evidence that a liberal actually uses a brain for intelligence and creativity.

Yiz
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  • And I have yet to see a Conservative uses a brain for intelligence and creativity.
  • I have yet to see a Communist uses a brain for intelligence and creativity.
  • I have yet to see a Fascist uses a brain for intelligence and creativity.
  • I have yet to see a Socialist uses a brain for intelligence and creativity.
  • I have yet to see a Nationalist uses a brain for intelligence for creativity.

See where I am going? All Reba and jilio are doing is light-hearted flinging.
 
The psychologists and psychiatrists are not against us. They are trying to help. They don't like to give diagnosis numbers to people for fear that it will follow them later in life and give them difficulty with insurers. Sometimes, they have to give a diagnosis number to treat the patient. They don't want people to be in pain (which occurs when a person is depressed).

Poor mental health outcomes are going to happen during economic crisis. It's a symptom of society defining people as what they do (their work). There have already been numerous suicides in the large urban area where I live. One poor guy jumped off a garage downtown after being laid off. Another unemployed guy killed himself when a sheriff showed up to foreclose on his house. It's tragic.

Where ever you fall on the political spectrum, take a moment to communicate to others around you that they are important and valuable as a human being. You might be that one person between the victim and despair. You'll also find that helping others improves your own mental health.
 
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