Would We Have Drugged Up Einstein? How Anti-Authoritarianism Is Deemed a Mental Health ProblemDoor Bruce E. Levine, Alternet, 20 februari 2012
In my career as a psychologist, I have talked with hundreds of people previously diagnosed by other professionals with oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder [ADHD; K], anxiety disorder and other psychiatric illnesses, and I am struck by 1) how many of those diagnosed are essentially anti-authoritarians; and 2) how those professionals who have diagnosed them are not
[...] Some activists lament how few anti-authoritarians there appear to be in the United States. One reason could be that many natural anti-authoritarians are now psychopathologized and medicated before they achieve political consciousness of society’s most oppressive authorities.
[...] We are increasingly marketing drugs that essentially "cure" anti-authoritarians.
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How the Young Are Indoctrinated to Obey
Door Noam Chomsky, Alternet, 4 april 2012
Forty years ago there was deep concern that the population was breaking free of apathy and obedience. Since then, many measures have been taken to restore discipline.
Doped-Up Nation: How America Became a Country of Addicts
Door Richard Juman, The Fix / Alternet, 14 augustus 2012
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How Kids Are Getting Hooked on Pills for Life
Door Evelyn Pringle en Martha Rosenberg, Alternet, 18 oktober 2012
Young children were once expected to outgrow their issues; now they're diagnosed with lifelong psychiatric problems.
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