----- Original Message ----- From: "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 2:55 PM Subject: Re: Mental health worse than vulgar. ;-)
> On Wed, 29 May 2002, Dan Minette wrote: > > > The title of this thread is meant to be whimsical, not unplesant. It is a > > statement that I'm drifting my thread with Marvin on purpose. > > > > Why does it suggest a clinical diagnosis? I specifically excluded doing a > > DSM-4 diagnosis based on posts. The mental health community also tends to > > give general rules for functional families and good mental health that are > > applied across a large number of situations. Saying that boundaries is good > > for > > mental health is like saying exercise is good for physical health. I > > wouldn't think that one would > > argue that saying exercise is good for physical health is a clinical > > diagnosis? > > In a very general sort of way, I think I agree. But IIRC there was a fair > amount of people offering fairly specific diagnoses of Mark on-list (by > people other than just you, Dan). Could you provide examples of these specific diagnoses? The most specific one that I remember is Rob's "he is probably mentally ill." That's pretty general statement, and it was meant as a defense. Rob mentioned that he has dealt with mental illness very closely, as have I and others on the list. > > You're quite right, but it's not the mental health profession I was > criticising. I'm willing to grant that mental health language can be > applied by analogy to a list just like nearly any other language can. > In fact, it's precisely the attempt to do therapy on a listmember in the > midst of an argument, by more people than just you, that I > found disturbing. Please point out to me when I did therapy with him. I'd be happy to bet a drink, payable when I ever get to Austin or when you get here that I didn't do that. Danb M.
