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"Laing regarded schizophrenia as a theory not a fact, but later acknowledged his views on schizophrenia were wrong."
Laing modified his views, but he did not "acknowledge that they were wrong"--at least, the two cited sources for this observation do not support that conclusion. The cited book's references to Laing are explicitly hostile and unbalanced, and the book merely states, parenthetically, simplistically, and without support, that "Laing ultimately discarded his theory" (p. 122) after he had a child who developed schizophrenia. Someone needs to amend this incorrect statement in the article, or else I will. Pernoctus ( talk) 18:14, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
This article needs an overall edit to unify it and bring out a coherent story of what Laing’s main claims to distinction are. Was he mainly a pop-psychology phenomenon, or did he have serious influence on the field? Did he go through different phases, or was he known only for “The Divided Self”? Did he achieve any successes in treatment, or was he mainly a writer? Antiquated ( talk) 06:07, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
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"Laing regarded schizophrenia as a theory not a fact, but later acknowledged his views on schizophrenia were wrong."
Laing modified his views, but he did not "acknowledge that they were wrong"--at least, the two cited sources for this observation do not support that conclusion. The cited book's references to Laing are explicitly hostile and unbalanced, and the book merely states, parenthetically, simplistically, and without support, that "Laing ultimately discarded his theory" (p. 122) after he had a child who developed schizophrenia. Someone needs to amend this incorrect statement in the article, or else I will. Pernoctus ( talk) 18:14, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
This article needs an overall edit to unify it and bring out a coherent story of what Laing’s main claims to distinction are. Was he mainly a pop-psychology phenomenon, or did he have serious influence on the field? Did he go through different phases, or was he known only for “The Divided Self”? Did he achieve any successes in treatment, or was he mainly a writer? Antiquated ( talk) 06:07, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
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