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...action...Harvard Men's Rugby entered into Beanpot action over the weekend and let all of Bean-town know that the Crimson is a force to be reckoned with...
After reading these books, I am, like Stokes, somewhat more sympathetic toward Margaret Bean-Bayog. I believe that she wanted the best for her patient, and that she did not believe her therapy was irresponsible or bizarre. But this does not mean that her therapy was responsible or beneficial, which is an issue that would require at least tow more books to resolve. If nothing else good comes of this case, perhaps, at least, a hard look will be directed at one of the least regulated or established branches of medicine...
...pictures of the story. Why does he resort to accusing one of the authors of bias, even as he is unconvinced by the other author's argument? After all, the Chafetz book is not without its own likely bias; in his preface, Morris Chafetz notes that he was (like Bean-Bayog) a member of the Harvard Medical School department of psychiatry and (like Bean-Bayog) a specialist on alcohol abuse and alcoholism...
...pursued in good faith, that he was honestly searching for the truth of the matter. He is forthright about his sympathy for psychiatry, and he liberally admits uncertainty and ignorance when uncertainty and ignorance are warranted. McNamara, on the other hand, is far too certain. She never spoke to Bean-Beyog (whereas Chafetz did) and almost never admits the possibility of her innocence...
Innocence is, of course, the rub. We will probably never know exactly what happened in Margaret Bean-Bayog's office, and it is probably impossible to determine whether her therapy (or malpractice) actually caused his suicide. But we can ask at least two questions. If she is innocent, of what is she innocent, exactly? If she is guilty, of what is she guilty, exactly? Even if this case remains essentially unresolved, we must hope that it will initiate serious conversation about the practices of psychiatry and psychotherapy...