http://mindhacks.com/2006/02/07/beautiful-madness/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:47:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2006/02/07/beautiful-madness/#comment-8109 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:11:12 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2006/02/07/beautiful-madness/#comment-8109 My thoughts, as a psychiatrist who treats primarily schizophrenia, are here: http://theworld.com/~emg/2006_02_05_blog_archive.html#113963782881953466

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2006/02/07/beautiful-madness/#comment-8108 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:13:15 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2006/02/07/beautiful-madness/#comment-8108 Tigger I don’t think the point of the story is that you have to be thin to be beautiful. I think it has more to do with the psychiatrist’s dilemma. They seem to have cured Nia but at what price? I think it’s understandable that the psychiatrists feel some guilt that they’ve destroyed Nia’s beauty. Nobody is suggesting you have to be thin to be beautiful. But that’s not inconsistent with the idea that in Nia’s case, her Olanzipine fuelled blow-out has made her less attractive. So OK, does beauty matter? Maybe not. But therein lies the crux of the story – does Nia have true insight into what has happened to her? It’s great that she doesn’t care being fat, unless her indifference is a side-effect of the drug or her mental illness. The psychiatrists know what they’ve taken from her… but does she? And if she doesn’t, they will never be able to rest easy in the knowledge that SHE has chosen to be sane and fat rather than mad and beautiful. Instead they’ve made that choice for her.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2006/02/07/beautiful-madness/#comment-8107 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:43:14 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2006/02/07/beautiful-madness/#comment-8107 I’m truly sick of this idea that one must be thin to be beautiful. The very idea that this is a topic of conversation is pretty disgusting.

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