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burntcopper) wrote2007-03-16 05:29 pm
burntcopper) wrote2007-03-16 05:29 pm
...and now I'm going to go hide under a blanket
Okay, occasionally in my job, you get articles you stop and go 'ewwwww' or 'huh' or giggle at. The pubic lice one is an absolute classic. (yes, the one about humans having both geni of chimps *and* apes' lice that was in the papers last week is one of ours - bonus points for the diagram with the evolutionary tree using a pic of Darwin for the human)
However. Psychiatry during the Nazi era: ethical lessons for the modern professional is just an absolute 'oh my god I'm now going to sit here and shudder' one. About how psychiatrists and the generally accepted mindset towards the mentally ill at the time and the lead-up history led to genocide. The extermination of the mentally ill wasn't even condoned or ordered, and it all happened before the top brass hinged on 'The Final Solution' for jews, gypsies, homosexuals and other undesirables, and was in fact what led to that. 200,000 in Germany alone.
...And this is why I'm turning up the VERY VERY CHEERY Kylie on my stereo. NOW.
However. Psychiatry during the Nazi era: ethical lessons for the modern professional is just an absolute 'oh my god I'm now going to sit here and shudder' one. About how psychiatrists and the generally accepted mindset towards the mentally ill at the time and the lead-up history led to genocide. The extermination of the mentally ill wasn't even condoned or ordered, and it all happened before the top brass hinged on 'The Final Solution' for jews, gypsies, homosexuals and other undesirables, and was in fact what led to that. 200,000 in Germany alone.
...And this is why I'm turning up the VERY VERY CHEERY Kylie on my stereo. NOW.