From auto-replier-daemon@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU Fri Sep 20 16:14:46 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.72.1.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id QAA13741; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 16:14:45 -0400 Received: from BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA24894; Fri, 20 Sep 96 16:04:49 EDT Received: (from daemon@localhost) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) id QAA13039; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 16:03:23 -0400 Received: from nemesis.idirect.com (nemesis.idirect.com [207.136.80.40]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with ESMTP id QAA12936 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 16:02:24 -0400 Received: from hailnet7.idirect.com (pking@fate.idirect.com [207.136.82.51]) by nemesis.idirect.com (8.6.9/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA05864 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:55:31 -0400 Message-Id: <199609201955.PAA05864@nemesis.idirect.com> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Paul King" Organization: Internet Direct Old-To: news-answers-submit@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 14:38:26 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Old-Subject: [alt.flame.psychiatry] FAQ: Welcome - Read this First! Reply-To: pking@idirect.com Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42a) Subject: [checked] To: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU From: pking@idirect.com (Paul E. J. King) Newsgroups: alt.flame.psychiatry,alt.answers,news.answers Subject: [alt.flame.psychiatry] FAQ: Welcome - Read this First! Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Followup-To: alt.flame.psychiatry Summary: A newsgroup whose sole enterprise is flaming psychiatrists Archive-Name: alt/flame/psychiatry.faq Posting-Frequency: biweekly Last-modified: 1996/09/19 The alt.flame.psychiatry Frequently-Asked Questions File DRAFT VERSION 2 Thanks for the suggestions and changes so far. I have added a list of recommended readings in Question 15. Feel free to suggest more. Welcome to afp! This is a FAQ file for a long-overdue newsgroup called alt.flame.psychiatry (I guess you knew that). If there are any questions I haven't thought of, please write to me at pking@idirect.com 1. What is meant by "flame"? To insult and heap invective on someone, something, or an idea. But in psychiatric terms, to simply offer valid and balanced criticism of psychiatry is enough to pass as "flaming". Remember, good patients are totally uncritical, and valid, thoughtful critics of psychiatry are seen as hostile. 2. So, why flame psychiatrists? The short answer is because there are several factors that [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]