The Canary in the Coal Mine by Prudence Gourguechon
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Click here to read: The Canary in the Coal Mine: Psychoanalysis and Health Care Policy by Prudence Gourguechon, MD
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Martin E.P. Seligman on “Crazy or Evil: Classing the Virginia Tech killer among them is an insult to the insane”
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Crazy or Evil?
Classing the Virginia Tech killer among them is an insult to the insane.
By Martin E.P. Seligman (with the permission of the author). | In the wake of the Blacksburg massacre, we are once again hearing the chorus of crazy. Seung-Hui Cho had an imaginary girlfriend, Jelly. He said he was from Mars en route to Jupiter. He was withdrawn, bashful to the point of mute, and delusional. He is headlined as a “madman.” This does not, to my way of thinking, remotely explain what happened. It neither mitigates his responsibility, nor will it help to prevent such awful events. Even worse, it is a callous and egregious insult to all the wonderful, humane “crazy” people that psychologists and psychiatrists routinely treat. (more…)