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XIIth World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics (9-13 th October, Dublin)
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Saturday October 02, 2004 00:09 by s.fleming
The medicalisation of human behaviour as disease or illness must be challenged I would like to draw the Indymedia reader’s attention to an event taking place in Dublin between the 9-13 th October, the XIIth World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics. The subject is an issue which should concern everyone. The inherent danger I believe is that this Congress is perpetuating the myth that genes play a significant role in a person’s behaviour, especially in relation to so-called mental illness. This is despite the fact that no substantial scientific evidence has ever been found to prove this. |
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