Talk:MindFreedom International

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[edit] chemical-imbalance theory

Numerous adjectives seem to contradict neutrality, such as 'dubious' in the description of 'chemical-imbalance theory.' In this case perhaps 'disputed' would be preferable. -Wilhelm Ritter

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.167.237.65 (talk • contribs).

The chemical imbalance theory is disputed *because* it is dubious. Therefore, both adjectives are correct. Can you give us 'more' (which is to say 'some') examples of POV that you'd like to have dealt with? Francesca Allan of MindFreedomBC 02:15, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Good recent edits, Ombudsman. I don't know who that user was but he's obviously got a big problem with the anti-psychiatry movement in general. Thanks for restoring this article on MindFreedom International. I'm getting really tired of repeating over and over that anti-psychiatry doesn't equal scientology. The scientologists are but a tiny subset of the anti-psychiatry movement. Unfortunately, they're very rich and very vocal and they get way, way more attention than they deserve. Francesca Allan of MindFreedomBC 03:26, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] removing neutrality tag

The questionable POV has been removed and so I am removing the neutrality tag. Note that the article contains MindFreedom's POV, which is appropriate as that is what the article is about. The article no longer claims or implies that MF's POV is correct; readers can decide on their own. Therefore, the article is now NPOV. If further editing is deemed necessary to ensure NPOV, please do that rather than replacing the tag. Kriegman 18:56, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

A neutral article consists of more than not exp,licitly claiming the single POV reported is true. It requires an indication of what the otehre views are and what response has been made. Midgley 18:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Midgley!

Don’t you think this has already been answered in my recent discussion with Joema?:

In September 2003 the American Psychiatry Association itself acknowledged that “brain science has not advanced to the point where scientists or clinicians can point to readily discernible pathologic lesions or genetic abnormalities that in and of themselves serve as reliable or predictive biomarkers of a given mental disorder or mental disorders as a group […]. Mental disorders will likely be proven [my emphasis] to represent disorders of intracellular communication; or of disrupted neural circuitry.”

Since this is an official psychiatric pronouncement, I see no reason for the tag. —Cesar Tort 22:03, 18 April 2006 (UTC)