From: Tom Leinster <Tom.Leinster@glasgow.ac.uk>
To: <categories@mta.ca>
Subject: Re: "schizophrenic" reference
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 02:56:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1PDfjP-0005P8-NO@mlist.mta.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1PD2XP-00017r-HH@mlist.mta.ca>
On Mon, 1 Nov 2010, Dusko Pavlovic wrote:
> tom's was just the one where i blew up. i am sorry, tom.
No problem.
I understand that posts about terminology get tedious, but I do actually
think this matters. Mental health organizations constantly have to fight
misconceptions about mental illness. Those misconceptions can do real
harm to those who are ill. Schizophrenia as "split personality" is one of
them. For example, Mind, a well-known British mental health charity,
says:
There is more media misinformation about schizophrenia than about any
other psychiatric diagnosis. It's not true that schizophrenia means
'split personality'
Many websites on mental health contain statements along similar lines; a
few links are below.
We have the freedom to choose any term we like for the mathematical
concept. We can do a small good thing by not choosing a term that
perpetuates a damaging myth about a serious psychiatric disorder.
Best wishes,
Tom
Links:
http://www.mind.org.uk/help/diagnoses_and_conditions/schizophrenia#danger
http://helpguide.org/mental/schizophrenia_symptom.htm
http://healthmad.com/mental-health/seven-myths-and-misconceptions-about-schizophrenia/
http://www.ehow.co.uk/list_6112881_common-misconceptions-schizophrenia.html
http://overcomingschizophrenia.blogspot.com/2008/09/common-misconceptions-about.html
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[not found] <20101101135231.CF3035C25C@chase.mathstat.dal.ca>
2010-11-01 20:37 ` Dusko Pavlovic
2010-11-03 2:56 ` Tom Leinster [this message]
2010-11-03 16:24 ` edubuc
2010-10-28 18:08 Fred E.J. Linton
2010-10-29 2:34 ` Tom Leinster
[not found] ` <C4329BBD-876C-43D0-AB53-DB2E92603E7F@kestrel.edu>
2010-10-31 8:21 ` Dusko Pavlovic
2010-10-31 10:40 ` Vaughan Pratt
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2010-10-27 10:21 Fred E.J. Linton
2010-10-28 9:13 ` Prof. Peter Johnstone
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