Sun. 12/08/05 22:32 EDT
.post #230
Here is the corrected paragraph from my above post:
The idea here (and in much of what Szasz writes) is that the myth of mental illness persists because it is a [rueful[/i] useful myth: Invoking it provides the appearance of “explaining” some unpleasant reality while simultaneously allowing the evasion of the tougher (and sometimes impossible) task of reaching a deeper understanding. Among other things, “mental illness” functions as a “anchorpersonpanchreston” (explain-all).