The mental health profession, used to destroy undesirables?

When a person is targeted for destruction by a government (e.g. whistleblowers), the mental health profession comes in handy. The extreme harassment that can be deployed against a target, thanks to the informant networks in this country, is so intense that many targets will have their sanity questioned when they report it. In addition the tactics are specifically designed to mimic the officially recognized symptoms of mental illness. The "authorities" are harassing the target, and the "authorities" say what the symptoms of mental illness are - get it?

If a target makes the mistake of entrusting her mind to a pill-pusher with a medical degree, she's screwed.

The Hippocratic Oath simply doesn't come into play in these cases. It's very easy to take a pledge to heal the sick when it doesn't cost you anything, and may even create business for you. It's quite another matter when a member of the secret police (yes, they exist) takes you aside and says, "You will deny this person care, you will prescribe these mind-destroying drugs, or we will destroy you as we destroyed her."

This is happening in the NATO nations, including the United States, right now.

How do you know? I could reasonably see drugging you to MAKE you insane but the definitions of psychosis in both law and psychiatry don't seem to support your conclusion.

First off, I'm going into the mental health profession; from experience with doctors as well as first-hand accounts while in-patient, I have never seen this. Almost every person I've ever seen while in-patient was there because they were either: 1) mentally unstable or 2) detoxing. Yes, it is a political move that has historically been used in the former Soviet Union and other countires, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it still happens.

Swamp56 wrote:First off, I'm going into the mental health profession; from experience with doctors as well as first-hand accounts while in-patient, I have never seen this. Almost every person I've ever seen while in-patient was there because they were either: 1) mentally unstable

I would change your wording to read:

"I have never noticed this." (Changing emphasis and wording)

and:

"Almost every person I've ever seen while in-patient was there because they were either: 1) perceived to be mentally unstable..."

(Adding wording to clarify that they are only mentally unstable in your opinion.)

Someone who has been subjected to intense harassment and sleep deprivation campaigns for years on end is not going to come across as having a full deck.

I believe it is possible. The CIA have used brainwashing techniques on people in the past (which has been documented on television and books), so it may still be happening.

The thing that has really bothered me is when I see belief in the paranormal as criteria of mental illness.

Granted, I can see a professional being concerned if a patient claims to be in active contact with Planet NebulanX14W or says he is haunted by Bruce Willis. However saying that you believe in the possibility that life exist elsewhere in the universe, that all followers of reincarnation (essentially condemning most if not all the Asian belief systems and cultures), or that science may finally be on the verge of explaining spiritual activity as a form of time refractions is proof of insanity, is not only arrogant but frankly sticking their nose into something that they don't belong.

I think it'd be hard to dismiss the completely plausible case made in this posting. I just think of the stigma. It's all about the stigma and it cannot be avoided. Once you get the label, once your diagnosed, once it's considered a 'disease' then you're automatically placed inside a whole new box. Mental heath professionals, obviously, are a key part of this.