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There is no such condition as schizophrenia, but the label is a so

There is no such condition as schizophrenia, but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event. – R. D. Laing

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Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young. – Sigmund Freud

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