This post is *very* good. Relieves a lot of the frustration I have felt in past discussions with @psychgeist52. And I could even understand most of it without knowing the philosophical references (I missed the operationalism point). Thank you @awaisaftab. ICYMI @psychunseen. https://twitter.com/awaisaftab/status/1321513235195908096">https://twitter.com/awaisafta...

One of the things that is unfortunate about the philosophical arguments about & #39;mental disorders& #39; is that they pull energy away from the far more practically important conversations about the very real iatrogenic harms and stigma created by the & #39;personality disorder& #39; construct.

My one quibble is that psychiatry does not need to claim authority through medicine. In choosing to be beholden to medicine, psychiatry is hiding from the true source of its power. #Madness disrupts social order and society needs madness to be managed and policed.

#OwnWhoYouAre

It is no coincidence that psychiatry has been coopted into the & #39;treatment& #39; (often really social management) of the grief, misery and psychological harm arising from colonialism, exploitative capitalism, neoliberalism, and the productivity imperative.