What makes a great citation? The claim was that a book was published, and I showed the book. Another claim was that a resolution was passed and I showed the resolution. I thought I was doing well until I read chris's reply. :)
I will address chris's point that eugenics is not a theory recognized in psychiatry.
1. Forced sterilization of mental patients was done by social psychiatrists, to improve society by removing the genetic material of mentally feeble and insane.
Reference: Keeping America Sane: Psychiatry and Eugenics in the United States and Canada, 1880-1940. Ian Robert Dowbiggin. 245 pp. Cornell University Press, 1997.
What makes a great citation? The claim was that a book was published, and I showed the book. Another claim was that a resolution was passed and I showed the resolution. I thought I was doing well until I read chris's reply. :)
I will address chris's point that eugenics is not a theory recognized in psychiatry.
1. Forced sterilization of mental patients was done by social psychiatrists, to improve society by removing the genetic material of mentally feeble and insane.
Reference: Keeping America Sane: Psychiatry and Eugenics in the United States and Canada, 1880-1940. Ian Robert Dowbiggin. 245 pp. Cornell University Press, 1997.
http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/how-psychiatr...
http://www.amazon.com/Keeping-America-Sane-Psychiatry-1880-1...
2. The following paper offers historical case studies of "psychiatric genetics" and urges reflection on social psychiatry.
The Eugenic Legacy in Psychology and Psychiatry by David Pilgrim of Mental Health Policy, University of Central Lancashire, UK
http://isp.sagepub.com/content/54/3/272.abstract
3. What about "On human self-domestication, psychiatry, and eugenics" by Martin Brüne in Philos Ethics Humanit Med. 2007; 2: 21. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2082022/
Am I doing better?
I want to thank chris for challenging me to contribute higher quality content.