Sir Winston Churchills syn på psykiatri

Nyhedsbrev 2016,1

Jeg er sikker på, at det ville være fornuftigt i videst muligt omfang at begrænse disse herrers arbejde. De er i stand til at gøre enorm skade med det, der meget let udarter til charlataneri. De bør være under skarp overvågning og de skal ikke have lov til at samle sig i store tal inden for de væbnede styrker på det offentliges regning. Der er uden tvivl letgenkendelige tilfælde, som kan have gavn af behandling af denne art, men det er forkert at forurolige et stort antal raske, normale mænd og kvinder ved at stille den slags underlige spørgsmål, som psykiaterne specialiserer sig i. Der er allerede rigeligt med snyltere og medløbere.

"I am sure it would be sensible to restrict as much as possible the work of these gentleman, who are capable of doing an immense amount of harm with what may very easily degenerate into charlatanry. The tightest hand should be kept over them, and they should not be allowed to quarter themselves in large numbers upon the Fighting Services at the public expense. There are no doubt easily recognisable cases which may benefit from treatment of this kind, but it is wrong to disturb large numbers of healthy, normal men and women by asking the kind of odd questions in which the psychiatrists specialise. There are quite enough hangers-on and camp followers already."

December 1942 - Sir Winston Churchill

http://www.cchr.org.uk/latest-news/sir-winston-churchill-psychiatry

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