Post by Crumbs on Mar 11, 2020 18:52:05 GMT
"While we make many false distinctions between physical and mental illnesses, none is perhaps as consequential as the denial that mental symptoms can spread ...
"The contagion of bodily infections is dependent on three conditions: an offending agent (a “germ”), a weakened constitution (poor immunity, for example), and a facilitating environment (cramped conditions and poor hygiene, among others). The spread of mental pathology in a body politic requires three analogous conditions: severe pathology in an influential figure (the offending agent), followers who are emotionally-bonded or invested in that figure (poor population health), and systems that fail to stop the transmission (corruption and weak institutions)."
Full article by forensic psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee at
www.euronews.com/2020/03/02/trump-s-fragile-mental-health-must-be-handled-with-as-much-care-as-the-coronavirus-outbrea
"The contagion of bodily infections is dependent on three conditions: an offending agent (a “germ”), a weakened constitution (poor immunity, for example), and a facilitating environment (cramped conditions and poor hygiene, among others). The spread of mental pathology in a body politic requires three analogous conditions: severe pathology in an influential figure (the offending agent), followers who are emotionally-bonded or invested in that figure (poor population health), and systems that fail to stop the transmission (corruption and weak institutions)."
Full article by forensic psychiatrist Bandy X. Lee at
www.euronews.com/2020/03/02/trump-s-fragile-mental-health-must-be-handled-with-as-much-care-as-the-coronavirus-outbrea
