John Breeding
Biographic Data
| ID | 5454541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Breeding |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Breeding |
| SIGNATURE | BREEDING J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Austin, Texas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Practicing Szasz
Thomas Szasz died on September 8, 2012. With his death, many of us, not enough, are left with deep concern about his legacy and the continuing influence of his ideas. This one man’s ideas have directly or indirectly influenced my ongoing work as a psychologist. Specific areas that I will discuss below include power and language, issues of coercion, and psychiatry and the law. I will also discuss deeper and subtler influences regarding language, a…
Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz turned 90 on April 15, 2010. This year we saw the 50th anniversary edition of his book that marked his full-scale assault on coercive psychiatry— The Myth of Mental Illness. Szasz’s productivity is astounding—even in the past 4 years, he has added dozens of articles and a handful of major books to his incredible body of work (see http://www.szasz.com). Thomas Szasz has relentlessly and tirelessly challenged psychiatric coercion, and …
One Woman’s Near Destruction and Reemergence From Psychiatric Assault
Evelyn Scogin is a 52-year-old woman with a vast range of life experience and accumulated wisdom. She has worked in special education for decades, including many years as a teacher. Evelyn has been on social security disability for about four years, and has not worked for five. Her disability was, like so many of the astounding 1 in 50 of her fellow adult Americans, on psychiatric grounds (Whitaker, 2005), the result of intense iatrogenic damage …
To See or Not To See “Schizophrenia” and The Possibility of Full “Recovery”
Since the beginning of modern psychiatry, the diagnosis of “schizophrenia” has epitomized the idea of chronic, severe mental illness. This engaging article looks at the beliefs and practices of biological psychiatry regarding “schizophrenia.” Guiding beliefs, however flawed they might be, determine perception and action, and this is very true in psychiatry. There are, however, significant differences between belief and fact in psychiatric theory.…
The Case of Sohrab Hassan
Since its inception, critical observers have expressed concern about psychiatry’s treatment of people who are labeled mentally ill. Some modern day observers express an even deeper concern, pointing out that coercive psychiatry destroys the hard-earned balance in U.S. law between the interests of social responsibility and group cohesion and those of individual freedom and liberty. More clearly and consistently than anyone, Thomas Szasz has deline…
Informed Consent And The Psychiatric Drugging Of Children
The legal doctrine of informed consent requires a physician to disclose sufficient information for a patient to make an informed decision about a proposed treatment. True consent is the informed exercise of choice and requires an opportunity to evaluate knowledgeably the options available and the risks attendant on each. In the case of children, this doctrine must be interpreted to mean that parents have a legal right to sufficient information ne…
Electroshock and Informed Consent
Informed consent is a vital issue in all forms of medicine, especially in psychiatry, where patients are often in extremely vulnerable states of mind, customary practice involves high risk to patients, and the law allows for abrogation of traditional civil rights based on judgments of perceived mental incompetence. This article addresses informed consent related to the practice of electroshock. The author argues that genuine informed consent for …
To See or Not To See “Schizophrenia” and The Possibility of Full “Recovery”
Since the beginning of modern psychiatry, the diagnosis of “schizophrenia” has epitomized the idea of chronic, severe mental illness. This engaging article looks at the beliefs and practices of biological psychiatry regarding “schizophrenia.” Guiding beliefs, however flawed they might be, determine perception and action, and this is very true in psychiatry. There are, however, significant differences between belief and fact in psychiatric theory.…
Electroshock and Informed Consent
Informed consent is a vital issue in all forms of medicine, especially in psychiatry, where patients are often in extremely vulnerable states of mind, customary practice involves high risk to patients, and the law allows for abrogation of traditional civil rights based on judgments of perceived mental incompetence. This article addresses informed consent related to the practice of electroshock. The author argues that genuine informed consent for …
The Case of Sohrab Hassan
Since its inception, critical observers have expressed concern about psychiatry’s treatment of people who are labeled mentally ill. Some modern day observers express an even deeper concern, pointing out that coercive psychiatry destroys the hard-earned balance in U.S. law between the interests of social responsibility and group cohesion and those of individual freedom and liberty. More clearly and consistently than anyone, Thomas Szasz has deline…
Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz turned 90 on April 15, 2010. This year we saw the 50th anniversary edition of his book that marked his full-scale assault on coercive psychiatry— The Myth of Mental Illness. Szasz’s productivity is astounding—even in the past 4 years, he has added dozens of articles and a handful of major books to his incredible body of work (see http://www.szasz.com). Thomas Szasz has relentlessly and tirelessly challenged psychiatric coercion, and …
Electroshock and Informed Consent
Informed consent is a vital issue in all forms of medicine, especially in psychiatry, where patients are often in extremely vulnerable states of mind, customary practice involves high risk to patients, and the law allows for abrogation of traditional civil rights based on judgments of perceived mental incompetence. This article addresses informed consent related to the practice of electroshock. The author argues that genuine informed consent for …
Informed Consent And The Psychiatric Drugging Of Children
The legal doctrine of informed consent requires a physician to disclose sufficient information for a patient to make an informed decision about a proposed treatment. True consent is the informed exercise of choice and requires an opportunity to evaluate knowledgeably the options available and the risks attendant on each. In the case of children, this doctrine must be interpreted to mean that parents have a legal right to sufficient information ne…
The Case of Sohrab Hassan
Since its inception, critical observers have expressed concern about psychiatry’s treatment of people who are labeled mentally ill. Some modern day observers express an even deeper concern, pointing out that coercive psychiatry destroys the hard-earned balance in U.S. law between the interests of social responsibility and group cohesion and those of individual freedom and liberty. More clearly and consistently than anyone, Thomas Szasz has deline…
To See or Not To See “Schizophrenia” and The Possibility of Full “Recovery”
Since the beginning of modern psychiatry, the diagnosis of “schizophrenia” has epitomized the idea of chronic, severe mental illness. This engaging article looks at the beliefs and practices of biological psychiatry regarding “schizophrenia.” Guiding beliefs, however flawed they might be, determine perception and action, and this is very true in psychiatry. There are, however, significant differences between belief and fact in psychiatric theory.…
Thomas Szasz
Thomas Szasz turned 90 on April 15, 2010. This year we saw the 50th anniversary edition of his book that marked his full-scale assault on coercive psychiatry— The Myth of Mental Illness. Szasz’s productivity is astounding—even in the past 4 years, he has added dozens of articles and a handful of major books to his incredible body of work (see http://www.szasz.com). Thomas Szasz has relentlessly and tirelessly challenged psychiatric coercion, and …
One Woman’s Near Destruction and Reemergence From Psychiatric Assault
Evelyn Scogin is a 52-year-old woman with a vast range of life experience and accumulated wisdom. She has worked in special education for decades, including many years as a teacher. Evelyn has been on social security disability for about four years, and has not worked for five. Her disability was, like so many of the astounding 1 in 50 of her fellow adult Americans, on psychiatric grounds (Whitaker, 2005), the result of intense iatrogenic damage …
Practicing Szasz
Thomas Szasz died on September 8, 2012. With his death, many of us, not enough, are left with deep concern about his legacy and the continuing influence of his ideas. This one man’s ideas have directly or indirectly influenced my ongoing work as a psychologist. Specific areas that I will discuss below include power and language, issues of coercion, and psychiatry and the law. I will also discuss deeper and subtler influences regarding language, a…
Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Mental illness (4 works) · Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 works)