[Yorick]

Originally posted by chimaera: quote: Originally posted by The Hierophant: my point was that I don't believe there to be such a thing as 'health', whether it be bodily or spiritual. There are just different states of existance. Without the hypothetical (and I daresay illusory) ideal against which to compare one's physical state, there can be no degradation or improvement. Just alteration of form. I think that body is constantly in flux, with proteins entering and leaving and cells birthing and cells dying. And in turn, the individual body forms merely a smaller 'protein' within a larger ecosystem, which is also in constant flux. Thus, this constant flow, this constant metamorphosis, is not conducive to a notion of 'the ideal' or 'health'. Nor is it conducive, in my opinion, to the idea of 'life' and 'death' as polar opposites....

You know, a body does not consist only of proteins. And your personal beliefs should not be a basis for deciding about a patients health.

Schizophrenia is a brain disease, not only a change in behavior. The approach of psychologists might not be enough in that case. [/QUOTE]Fair points.... interesting discussion.