Posted by kazoo on August 7, 2001, at 23:12:24
In reply to Re: suicides-Netherlands assisted? » kazoo, posted by Ted on August 7, 2001, at 10:57:20
> PS: btw, kazoo, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, OCD, ADHD, etc., _ARE_ *organic* diseases just like AIDS, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, etc.
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Organic v. Inorganic
Brain v. Mind
Disease v. Disorder
How can depression, an affective emotional disorder, be classified as "organic"? Is the brain diseased? Or is the mind disordered?
Did Freud treat hysteria as an organic disease? Freud was *not* a medical doctor but his buddy Fliess was. When Fliess tried treating disorders via organic, surgical methods, he failed miserably (although some of his work is making a comeback).
This is an interesting question, I must admit, and nothing is really clear either way. Arguments can be made for both view points.
Perhaps I'm attaching a strict chemical view to "organic" and "inorganic"; the former involving carbon-based compounds, and the latter about synthetic materials.
However, I have always felt that mental illness is not an organic disease simply because it involves the mind.
And as we all know:
Q. WHAT IS MIND?
A. No matter...
Q. THEN WHAT IS MATTER?
A. Nevermind...!Still confused? I am.
kazoo
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