Talk:Richard Bentall

Happiness as a disorder
Here's another book review. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article847447.ece

The review describes him as a seasoned controversialist.

It cites an article in which he suggests that happiness should be classed as a disorder, since it fits many of the criteria. I'm hoping he wasn't serious. 99.9.112.31 (talk) 19:22, 24 November 2010 (UTC)NotWillDecker
 * It should probably be taken just as seriously as equasy. Tijfo098 (talk) 19:34, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * His central point however (“There are no discrete mental illnesses”) doesn't seem so foolish if you consider the GWAS studies. Tijfo098 (talk) 19:40, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The happiness article is very clearly tongue-in-cheek. Bentall's standpoint is that the paradigm of classification of mental disorders in DSM-III et al is broken to the extent that it's a block to progress. So - yes - proposing classifying happiness as a disorder is intended to point up the inadequacy of the classification scheme as it currently stands, rather than being intended to be taken seriously in its own right. MatthewMorris (talk) 15:17, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Google books link
As to the deletions of the google books link, this link appears to be potentially useful for the further work on the article. So at least let’s reserve this link on the talk page: Psychiatrick (talk) 20:39, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Personal life
This sentence seems out of place in an objective biography: Personal life "He has two children, Fin and Keeva (twins from a previous relationship), who live in nearby Birkenhead and who are full of the respect for their father that teenagers are well known for." (Although I appreciate the irony, if that's what it is.) Doug1943 16:19, 24 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug1943 (talk • contribs)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 1 one external link on Richard Bentall. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Corrected formatting/usage for http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article847447.ece

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).

Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 01:28, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Richard Bentall. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140517074330/http://www.bangor.ac.uk/psychology/research/staff_profile.php?person=richard_bentall to http://www.bangor.ac.uk/psychology/research/staff_profile.php?person=richard_bentall

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 06:56, 9 December 2017 (UTC)