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In Defense of the Tea Kettle Reality

Submitted by Paul B on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 10:23pm.

As we've discussed in class, there are a very limited amount of behaviors that reflect an 'unhealthy mind' which are universal and cross-cultural. Ryan's example of suicide gives good evidence to this.

However, I think it's important to find universal traits of mental illness. The example given was of the individual with SZD whose hallucinations distracted him from warming his tea. Yadda yadda yadda, his building burns down. I would think that this would be universally recognized problem that originated from an 'unhealthy' mind. Such universal examples provide a foundation for defining and understanding mental health. Without defining a tea kettle reality, where do we start?

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