Doctor Jay, the Mass Murderer of Stainhoff

Lerner: Psychiatry rehumanized for too long a time. Man is ultimately self determining what he becomes within the limits of endowment and environment. An incurably psychotic individual may lose his usefulness, but yet retain the dignity of a human being. Without it, i should not think it worth while to be a psychiatrist. For whose sake? Just for the sake of a damaged brain, machine which cannot be repaired. Our generation is realistic, for we have come to know man as really is that being who invented the gas chambers - arshwitz. In brief, Lerner remains optimistic in spite of tragic circumstances. The case for a tragic optimism continues with Asterisk triad therapy