Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Four

Introduction This is the fourth of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. As I indicated in another post (see Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part One), I engaged in a partial critique … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Four →

Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Three

Introduction This is the third of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. Leftists rarely refer to the various ways in which working-class people and community members are oppressed by professionals; this is one of the reasons for their failure … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Three →

Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Two

Introduction This is the second part of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. As I indicated in another post (A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Nine), I engaged in a partial critique of … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Two →

A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Twelve

This final post in this series has to do with a long psychological vocational assessment performed by Jeffrey Karp on May 30, 2014. It is 15 pages long. I choose only to select the last few pages since they illustrate the oppressive nature of such assessments. On page 13, Mr. Karp wrote the following: Mr. … Continue reading A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Twelve →

A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Eleven, Or: How Psychologists Cannot Deal with the Oppressive Experiences of the Working Class

Introduction This is a continuation of previous posts. I went on sick leave in February 2012 after having been a French teacher for Lakeshore School Division in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, for three and a half years. (For details of my decision to go on sick leave, see A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State … Continue reading A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Eleven, Or: How Psychologists Cannot Deal with the Oppressive Experiences of the Working Class →

Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part One

Introduction This is the first of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. As I indicated in another post (A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Nine), I engaged in a partial critique of the … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part One →

A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Ten

A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Nine

Introduction This is a continuation of a previous post that illustrates how politically biased the capitalist government or state and its representatives (such as social-democratic social workers) are when it comes to determining real situations--especially when a person self-declares as a Marxist. Just a recap (more details can be found in earlier posts in this … Continue reading A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Nine →