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See RD Laing for an example of a psychiatrist who used to push this incorrect theory.

The result would be dramatic, but the outcome would be very different from what Laing intended.

The two round, red things you see in the pictures are Laing D5 water pumps.

He doesn't portray Laing as in cahoots with some evil plutocrats, although he does talk about the Rosenheim (sp?) experiment separately.

But I distinctly remember the feeling that Curtis' portrayal of Laing was badly distorted, and I recall that a commenter who had known Laing personally said the same thing.

In what way precisely anything about RD Laing changes the results of Rosenhan experiment?

The fact you cite Laing is telling - he's almost totally discredited now.

Ronnie Laing showed that for at least some sufferers from mental illness, taking them out of a pathological family environment would cause a remission.

So, what's the opinion on RD Laing currently in the scientific community?

If I recall correctly, Curtis brought up Laing in the context of game theory and how it was being (mis-)applied psychologically.

Also, Szasz and Laing are closer to opposites than counterparts.

> See RD Laing for an example of a psychiatrist who used to push this incorrect theory.

Laing etc, and blame even "major depression" to irrational and ineffective ways of living and external conditions.

RD Laing is now thoroughly discredited." Here's the only occurrence of the name in the article: "while listening to one of R.

Laing's lectures that Rosenhan wondered if there was a way in which the reliability of psychiatric diagnoses could be tested experimentally." Does "the lead" mean "an inspiration"?

Laing once said (paraphrased): "I would hope that if someone wanted to get to know me, they would not cut me in half and put me in a jar."

Laing (whom you might check out if you're interested), but please, don't play intellectual hardball in this thread.

To anyone who knows anything about Laing—a fascinating figure in his own right—that doesn't pass the laugh test.

Find me a fiction book more profoundly descriptive of the human condition than The Divided Self by RD Laing.