Nuklear bomb

[mgreardon]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

I don't have access to DSM-IV-TR, and nor do I have the training to use it to make diagnoses. I'd draw your attention to this (from Wikipedia, but apparently paraphrasing DSM-IV-TR):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnos...ntal_Disorders

"the DSM contains no information regarding treatment or cause". Or to put it another way, it isn't any use for ascribing the mental state of the Japanese population in the latter stages of WW2.

Can I ask, if you have access to DSM-IV-TR, to let us know if it actually uses the term 'brainwashing' at all?

Did you seriously just quote Wikipedia to try and prove your point? Seriously, Wikipedia????

[AndyJWest]

Did you seriously just quote Wikipedia to try and prove your point? Seriously, Wikipedia????

As I've pointed out, I don't have access to the original document. Wikipedia purports to be paraphrasing the document. Obviously Wikipedia needs to be used with caution, but given the quality of the article, it seems better than nothing. I'm fairly sure the American Psychiatric Association doesn't approve of the use of diagnostic terms in the context of a historical debate about the mental state of an entire population.

If anyone does have access to DSM-IV-TR, can they provide the context in which the term 'brainwashing' is used - a page number tells us nothing.