After all, Jews invented psychiatry to help other Jews become Gentiles.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Jewish psychiatrists often treated patients who wished to assimilate.
- In plain terms
- Some Jewish therapists helped Jews blend in as non-Jews.
- What can you take from it?
- Mental health can be influenced by desire for assimilation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do people want to change their identity?
- How does therapy affect identity?
Another view
It generalizes a complex historical and cultural dynamic.
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