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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (6374)6/11/2003 4:30:59 PM
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It is a tricky question. On the one hand mental illness must be defined as a disease; As in, dis-ease. How can anyone who commits a serious violent crime not be struggling emotionally or mentally with the event? And if they are not, doesn't that kind of indicate that they are outside the norm. The problem then becomes what is the Mental Health profession feeling at dis-ease with. Any emotional struggle, or mental discomfort could be defined as dis-ease and; many mental health professionals dive head first into this myre of the indefinite.

Finally, at what point do we consider the suffering of a mentally ill prisoner to be cruel and unusual punishment?

At one extreme you could say that most people in prison are feeling dis-ease emotionally. So, everyone qualifies for services. At the other extreme you can define it as only those persons having a clinical diagnosis of a serious mental disorder. There have always been challenges to what or who qualifies. Disorders labels come and go depending on what we are feeling dis-ease about at any given time. Even where specific serious clinical disorders are defined, claims of cures or management are indecisive. One person's management technique is another person's nightmare of torture.
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