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Originally Posted by _Bruce_
I am not too familiar with this, but I know some of you are (consensus, lilly marcab?)
Here are the 2 questions from the journalist (translated from french):
1. I know Scientology has a campaign against psychiatry here in Québec. Are there any scientific critiques made by credible sources regarding their campaign against psychiatry, but also their teachings in general(see q. 2)?
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The first piece of advice would be for the journalist to examine for him/herself the written materials produced by CCHR. Those will - on their face - highlight the problems that CCHR has in creating logical argument.
Brutal Reality.pdf
CCHR.pdf
Chaos and Terror.pdf
Child Drugging.pdf
Community Ruin.pdf
Creating Racism.pdf
Deadly Restraints.pdf
Elderly Abuse.pdf
Eroding Justice.pdf
Harming Artists.pdf
Harming Youth.pdf
Massive Fraud.pdf
Pseudoscience.pdf
Psychiatric Hoax.pdf
Psychiatric_Rape Cracked.pdf
Psychiatry.pdf
Real Crisis.pdf
Rehab Fraud.pdf
Schizophrenia.pdf
Unholy Assault.pdf
Secondly, the co-founder of the CCHR with Scientology was Dr Thomas Szasz, a psychiatrist who is now 90 years old. Scientology (and the CCHR) base their attacks on psychiatry on Dr Szasz's critiques of the profession.
In April 2009, the Australian national broadcaster did a 3-part show interviewing Dr Szasz and then two psychiatrists who responded to Dr Szasz's critiques of the profession.
The two psychiatrists were:
Professor John Sadler
Daniel W. Foster Professor of Medical Ethics
Professor of Psychiatry & Clinical Sciences
Chief, Division of Ethics and Health Policy, Department of Clinical Sciences.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ethics Faculty-John Z. Sadler, M.D.
Dr Michael Robertson
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Values, Ethics & Law in Medicine (VELIM)
University of Sydney
Dr Michael Robertson - Publications - Sydney Medical School - The University of Sydney
These two men would be ideal contacts for the journalist.
ABC - Oz interviews CCHR's Thomas Szasz