'Your daughter has schizophrenia," I [i.e. Torrey] told the woman.' (Edwin F. Torrey, M.D., Surviving Schizophrenia, Preface to the First Edition, 1988: edition 2001 p. [xxi]).

That is followed by a short dialogue which can be examined by any reasonably intelligent and prudent man, as well as the entirety of this text.

WHAT exactly was that was said to be had by the daughter of the woman considered (as above) is, obviously, the subject-matter of this text, as indicated by its title.

As a matter of reasonable inquiry I have tried to find 'schizophrenia, the definition of' in the Index of the book (edition 2001, p. 507). I did not find such an exact entry : the nearest seemed 'history of, 16-19' and 'introduction of the term, 45'.

The 'introduction of the term' , p. 45, has it, 'Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1911' [?]* introduced 'the term "schizophrenia" meaning in German a splitting of the various parts of the thought process' ; this within a paragraph which I would recommend any scientist in the world consider with some care.

    * As a matter of prudency in research I cannot accept the date given without verification — this I have not yet done, please be informed that I do not at this writing know the exact date based on any sources I could consider reliable.

Never mind that 'schizophrenia' is not a German word : it was coined from the Greek, 'schizo', splitting, akin to numerous terms in the Indo-European languages having to do with the physical separation, cutting etc. : (confer the Latin secare, and legions of affiliated terms in practically every Indo-European language) — and 'phrenos', mind, akin to 'frenetic', 'frenzy', perhaps some others (but the writer Torrey does not tell the reader anything about this).

The 'history of', pp. 16-19, is then the history of what Eugene Bleuler had termed 'schizophrenia'. A sort of definition, attributed to Bleuler, is found : 'splitting of the various parts of the thought process'.

Does the thought process have parts, the reader ? Or can have parts, or what were those writers speaking about : the supposed 'parts' of the thought process being said to be capable of splitting (further splitting?).

A description of thought process, if done by some authors who had any idea of what they were speaking about, would must needs consist of parts. But a description of something is not the something being described, the fallacies due to overlooking such an order have been numerous ; should such fallacies come into play on such subjects as one's personal sanity un-sanity only could result. This might actually be the crux of the matter.

Any 'reasonably intelligent and prudent man' is being here alerted to such facts* as not only vague, unmeaning, but plainly false data abounding in the treatises — which ultimately have to do with one's personal sanity.

Is that to be tolerated, the reader ? If it be tolerated then only more un-sanity and more actual insanity will be (quite literally) manufactured, by corrupt writers, for the sake of somebody's quick profit, or whatever other issues might happend to be involved (which they often are).

The section on the 'history of' this disease is titled "Is Schizophrenia of Recent Origin ?" (p. 16). But what exactly is being here treated of as having had an origin is, again, nowhere made clear. Are flat tires of recent origin ? such could seem a similar "logic" involved ; except that the latter is not a vague, unmeaning, plainly false proposition but a something that can be remedied, in the normal circumstances. (Without implying an "illness" to your car that might consist of anything other than a flat tire).

The "hallmark auditory hallucinations" (p. 16) suggest a kind of definition of something — but it is I (this writer) who has told the reader that and not the author Torrey.

This section of the book contains several reports of some strange behaviours, from the literature, whether scientific or belles lettres. It has been not rare, for people to do or experience various strange things. But to say that Haslam in England and Pinel in France 'in the early 1800s both described cases that were certainly schizophrenia' (p. 17) does require the blind faith by the reader to accept the proposition.

How come those cases were certainly 'schizophrenia' when there is little if anything at all certain about said 'schizophrenia' itself ?

Not Only for "Specialists"

The text has been published as "a manual for families, consumers, and providers". What are the consumers consuming in this instance seems very ambiguous a proposition.

Then there is the providers. The providers of schizophrenia, or of what, Dr. Torrey ? I am only guessing what the providers provide on this one market.

Probably meant were the providers of "health care" — and the "consumers" of the same.

Where there is a plenty of money a plenty of medicine and a plenty of illness could be usually found (observed long time ago by a wit). The consumer is only being here advised, 'caveat emptor'.

More broadly speaking, the lay reader can consider that this sort of racket, if not stopped, could be in theory capable of eventually embezzling the entire Mankind — by the means of an ever-growing field of "mental health" composed of an ever-increasing number of mental 'disorders' to be "cured" by an unlimited number of newly-invented "medications", not all of them quite harmless.

Anybody want to be driven insane so that some people could make some money ?

Do not turn the blind eye to anything of the sort, the reader ; the only reason these activities do go tolerated could be, nobody really understands the 'subject' (some of the exceptions known to me have also been embezzled, mainly in the 1980-90's) : therefore anything could pass for some "Authority" ; there are people who do go psychotic and who do need help : but such circumstances can create opportunities for any kind of hoax to be attempted.

The title here considered is advertised as "Understanding .. Schizophrenia, etc." It costs $15.00, I find on the cover. The inference is unmistakable, to part with $15.00 should lead, in exchange, to understanding the subject-matter under consideration.

"Understanding" by an author who did not even know the etymology of the word by which his 'subject' is called ?

Any reasonably intellgent and prudent man could consider that it seems not normal for any competent author to be entirely ignorant of, or to neglect to learn about, the derivation of the term under which his subject-matter is being presented. (What exactly he was writing about, in other words — once again).

Did not Dr. Torrey know that the term in question was formed from the Greek (and was not a German word), or did he knowingly make false statements ?

The preceding is a question, and not a verdict. In either case, the Probable Cause (confer the following) seems to apply.

WPT, March-May 2008.

 

  Probable Cause. Reasonable cause. An apparent state of facts found to exist upon reasonable inquiry, (that is, such inquiry as the given case renders convenient and proper,) which would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent man to believe, in a criminal case, that the accused person had committed the crime charged, or, in a civil case, that a cause of action existed. Brand v. Hinchman, 68 Mich. 590, 36 N.W. 664.

Fraud. An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right; a false representation of a matter of fact, whether by words or by conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of that which should have been disclosed, which deceives and is intended to deceive another so that he shall act upon it to his legal injury. Brainerd Dispatch Newspaper Co v. Crow Wing County, 196 Minn. 194, 264 N.W. 779, 780.

 

Title(s) Surviving schizophrenia : a manual for families, consumers, and providers / E. Fuller Torrey. Edition 4th ed., 1st Quill ed. Publisher New York : Quill, 2001. Paging xxiv, 512 p. ; 21 cm. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [448]-483) and index.

    * Please do take interest in these matters, any man of science first of all ; any any reader who can read. Do not take even one word from me, just examine this scene. This is too important an issue just to be left in the hands of corrupt writers, those psychiatrists who are themselves sane being possibly not in power to do much about the sorts of calumnies on their own profession those being also insults against the intelligence of the entire Mankind that are being published.

 

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What Was That, Dr. Torrey : ?

Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937- Title(s) The death of psychiatry [by] E. Fuller Torrey. Edition [1st ed.] Publisher Radnor, Pa., Chilton Book Co. c1974. Paging 234 p. 21 cm. Notes Bibliography: p. 213-228.

Any Scientist, Anywhere in the World :

Every minute of you living day, while these issues are being overlooked, neglected, somebody is producing some newly-invented sorts of corruption.

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