Sam Vaknin's Articles in Medicine

  • The Myth of Mental Illness
    Descriptive criteria aside, what is the essence of mental disorders? Are they merely physiological disorders of the brain, or, more precisely of its chemistry?
  • Euthanasia and the Right to Die
    Euthanasia, whether in a medical setting (hospital, clinic, hospice) or not (at home) is often erroneously described as "mercy killing". Most forms of euthanasia are, indeed, motivated by (some say: misplaced) mercy. Not so others. In Greek, "eu" means both "well" and "easy" and "Thanatos" is death.
  • The Debate about Cloning
    In a paper, published in "Science" in May 2005, 25 scientists, led by Woo Suk Hwang of Seoul National University, confirmed that they were able to clone dozens of blastocysts (the clusters of tiny cells that develop into embryos).
  • Eating Disorders and Personality Disorders
    Do narcissists also suffer from eating disorders such as bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa?
  • The Discovery of Personal Hygiene
    Personal hygiene was rediscovered only in the late 19th century, having been popular in ancient Greece and Rome almost two thousand years before.
  • Typhoid Mary
    Mary Mallon was a "healthy carrier" of an infectious disease, the first ever reported and observed in the New World.
  • The Syphilitic Narcissist
    Syphilis is a venereal (sexually transmitted) disease. It has a few stages and involves unpleasant phenomena such as lesions and skin eruptions.

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