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User:	"Rev. 11D Ricardo MadGello"
Date:	31 Aug 2004 05:10:11 AM
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Laing argued that the strange behaviour and seemingly confused speech of =
people undergoing a psychotic episode were ultimately understandable as =
an attempt to communicate worries and concerns, often in situations =
where this was not possible or not permitted. Laing stressed the role of =
society, and particularly the family, in the development of madness. He =
argued that individuals can often be put in impossible situations, where =
they are unable to conform to the conflicting expectations of their =
peers, leading to a 'lose-lose situation' and immense mental distress =
for the individuals concerned. Madness was therefore an expression of =
this distress, and should be valued as a cathartic and transformative =
experience.
This was in stark contrast to the psychiatric orthodoxy of the time (and =
is still contrary to the majority opinion of mainstream psychiatry). =
Psychiatrist and philosopher Karl Jaspers had previously pronounced, in =
his seminal work General Psychopathology, that the content of madness =
(and particularly of delusions) were 'un-understandable', and therefore =
were worthy of little consideration except as a sign of some other =
underlying primary disorder. Laing was revolutionary in valuing the =
content of psychotic behaviour and speech as a valid expression of =
distress, albeit wrapped in an unusual personal symbolism. According to =
Laing, if a therapist can better understand the person they can begin to =
make sense of the symbolism of their madness, and therefore start =
addressing the concerns which are the root cause of their distress.
It is notable that Laing never denied the existence of mental illness, =
but simply viewed it in a radically different light from his =
contemporaries. For Laing, madness could be a transformative episode =
whereby the process of undergoing mental distress was compared to a =
shamanic journey. The traveller could return from the journey with =
important insights, and may even have become a wiser and more grounded =
person as a result.
Laing is often regarded as an important figure in the anti-psychiatry =
movement, along with David Cooper, Thomas Szasz and Michael Foucault. =
However, like many of his contempories, labelling him as =
'anti-psychiatry' is a caricature of his stated views. Laing never =
denied the value of treating mental distress, but simply wanted to =
challege the core values of contemporary psychiatry which considered =
(and some would say still considers) mental illness as primarily a =
biological phenomenon of no intrinsic value.
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