“Long ago they lowered insane persons into snake pits; they thought that an experience that might drive a sane person out of his wits might send an insane person back to sanity.” PersonsLongMightIllnessWitMental IllnessInsaneSanitySaneLong AgoSnakesPitsInsane Person Book:The snake pit Source: The snake pit
“For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away.” LongProblemIllnessMental IllnessGoing AwayAfterlifeCarpetBipolar Author:Richard Codey
“So long as men denounce each other as mentally sick (homosexual, addicted, insane, and so forth) so that the madman can always be considered the Other, never the Self mental illness will remain an easily exploitable concept, and Coercive Psychiatry a flourishing institution.” MenLongSelfConceptsSickInstitutionsIllnessMental IllnessInsaneHomosexualPsychiatryMadmenFlourishing Book:The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement Source: The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement