Title: Psychosis
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Content: He believed that the professional psychiatrist or psychologist often unconsciously identifies the person being diagnosed as having some manifestation of their own ( the professional's) inner, unrecognized behavior or quality they ( the professional) cannot accept and/or denies in themselves. He referred to this common practice as a "reciprocal projection system." This, of course has little to do with the so-called "patient." Yet, this is what occurs in most every encounter with "mental health" professionals or "mental health" treatment teams, with few exceptions. A person, judged as "psychotic," is psychologically and physically abused by the so-called "mental health" professions, forced to take pharmaceuticals (under a judges order), some with devastating health effects. Or, forcefully (under a judges order) is subjected to electric shock treatments destructive to their central nervous systems. It has become clear that most psychologists, psychiatrists, and other "mental health" professionals and judges do not understand a person in psychotic process. The professsional community continues to make the case that psychosis is something within a person, denying that it is a reaction to a toxic environment. This misplaced logic becomes clear when one develops a relationship with and talks with folks who have been judged as psychotic. A 12 year National Institute of Mental Health funded study established that those diagnosed with psychosis do better on discharge to the community.