This clip shows how these checklists were then tested on ordinary people out in society. This was the first time that ordinary people were checked for mental illness. The resault showed staggering numbers. According to the checklist, more than 50% of Americans suffered from some type of mental disorder and 70% of Americans had a depressive episode at some point. The Psychiatrists, instead of perhaps admitting that the people that were inside the mental hospitals were maybe not so different from normal people after all or perhaps admitting that the checklist was flawed to some extent agreed that there was an epidemic of mental illness sweeping the Nation. These are the techniques that justify the high number of drugging that we see in todays society.
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The Birth of modern Psychiatry: Part 3 of 4
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