Comments on: Here’s What Happened When Japan Renamed Schizophrenia

By: Neil Petersen

Neil Petersen — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:15:54 +0000

In reply to RF. RF, thank you for sharing your fiance's story! It's amazing what a difference a label can make, and it's also sad that certain labels have acquired so much stigma due to ignorance.

By: RF

RF — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 01:54:54 +0000

My fiancé was labeled with schizophrenia and could not bare the stigma and label thus he went through most his life unaccepting TIL one day him and I came across an article talking about the Japanese and the renaming of schizophrenia he since has become very accepting of his disorder and his family very happy and ecstatic for him. The renaming of schizophrenia has made a hundred percent positive impact on his life, his families also. I am very proud of him and very thankful for the renaming of schizophrenia by the Japanese. Stigma needs to end with disorders. People cannot get better without change and my fiancé is very accepting now of his integration disorder! Ty Japan ?

By: M. J.

M. J. — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 01:47:29 +0000

There remains a problem with the replacement terminology because, as explained in the article, it was aligned with the stress/traumagenesis theory- which is invatheoryIt is also little more than a semantic adjustment… Not at all in alignment with neuroscience. I would prefer a prefixed Ideopathic encephalopathy term. If Sz is not an encephalopathy then they should just stop researching a cure altogether.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:41:40 +0000

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00275/full

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:46:14 +0000

In reply to Judy. Good link Judy. I liked 7:48-7:50 especially.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:25:40 +0000

In reply to Neil Petersen.

Hidebound eugenicists will create studies that under close examination have designs intended to provide the results they seek, just as research done to prove the efficacy of psychiatric drugs. Eugenics after all is pseudo-science as is psychiatry both of which appeal to people who wish to control and eliminate anyone who fails to support their rationalizations.
Generally both pseudo-sciences are forms of scientific racism.
Theories of genetic superiority or “fitness” fueled the
T-4 program and the death camps in Nazi
Germany. Those who will not admit that there is no genetic marker that can reliably be used to diagnose any so called mental disorder support any next project of genocide based on their prejudices they insist are science based.
http://bigthink.com/devil-in-the-data/mental-illness-its-not-in-your-genes

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 03:41:56 +0000

This is so wrong.
Dr James Davies: The Origins of the DSM
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?view=detail&mid=C864375FC8416E009FD7C864375FC8416E009FD7&shtp=Twitter&shid=985a6a2d-2599-4d6c-83f9-57f9b38d3e62&shtk=RHIgSmFtZXMgRGF2aWVzOiBUaGUgT3JpZ2lucyBvZiB0aGUgRFNN&shdk=RHIgSmFtZXMgRGF2aWVzOiBUaGUgT3JpZ2lucyBvZiB0aGUgRFNN&shhk=b758DCMicXNJ3yn9%2B/h9Fgfk0WjHMOgTpFKA5wYV/es%3D&form=VDSHTW&shth=OSH.e4rCdgP8rPzg0AX5LB8Imw

By: Joel Brown

Joel Brown — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:52:25 +0000

Integration is a word with generally very positive connotations. It is often considered as important to ones self healing. I think if you need a word to replace one with toxic responses,then integration is a good one. Language and culture are ridden with contextual snafus.

By: Bill George

Bill George — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 22:00:08 +0000

Regarding genes, it is true that the search for the “schizophrenic gene” has failed totally: instead MANY genes contribute collectively to the susceptibility to psychosis: “Symptoms of schizophrenia and related disorders likely arise from a perplexing interplay of social, environmental, psychological, and biological factors.” (‘Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots’, Michael Balter, Sapiens, Crossroads, 19 July 2017). Regarding the psychological factors, in particular, see ‘Trauma and psychotic experiences: transnational data from the WHO World Mental Health Survey’, The British Journal of Psychiatry, December 31 2017, 211, 373-380.
Regarding my claim that aggression arising from a shattered mind is due to waging war with oneself, study the case histories of Adam Peter Lanza, perpetrator of the Sandy Hook Massacre on 14 December 2012 in Connecticut, USA; and Tristan van der Vlis, who ran amok on 9 April 2011 in the Ridderhof Mall in Alphen aan den Rijn in the Netherlands. My theses are: !. Schziophrenia is not necessarily or even primarily a permanent psychosis; 2. there is a danger people affected by schizophrenia will internalize social rejection; 3. Self-stigma is the cause of reluctance to accept onesef as one is; 4. Self-rejection leads to avoiding help in the form of medicines and/or talking therapy; 5. Non-adherence and internal conflict result in damage to oneself and to others; 6. This has application to the notorious cases of schizophrenia as typically reported in the media. “Recovery — when you would not want to be anyone else other than who you are today.”(Bill MacPhee, SZ Magazine)
Regarding “The atrocities committed against people who fail to assimilate”, as reported by Steve, there are some signs, although small, of improvement: I quote from the Address given by Leopold Finn, Consultant to Anoiksis International, to the very recent European Union Patient Empowerment Workshop at the European Parliament in Brussels, “The U.N. and the European Commission have extended Anti-Discrimination policy to include Disability. Many national governments have followed suit and passed their own legislation against discrimination along the same lines. The definition of Disability goes beyond mental or physical handicaps to include people who suffer from chronic illnesses or disorders. That people who experience the debilitating effects of mental disorders are eligible to be treated as Disabled is not generally known. The lesson here is that legislation without education is not enough. Education and knowledge are key to overcoming stigma. Campaigns like the UK’s Time To Change are helping to make mental health a subject that can be openly discussed….. We need to explain what is meant by self-empowerment….. to explain that patients have rights! Perhaps it is time to push for a Charter of Patients’ Rights.”

By: Neil Petersen

Neil Petersen — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:31:35 +0000

In reply to Steve. Actually, there's been a lot of research done indicating that schizophrenia has a strong genetic component. I'd suggest reading the research that's been done on the topic before criticizing it.