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#343403 09/24/07 05:07 AM
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How do you think Americans view insanity?


What are your views on insanity in America?


How do we define insanity?


Are those labeled insane always crazy?



Or is this a term we use for anyone who provokes us to thought?

Why does insanity frighten us so, and yet we often idealize its presence in association with artists--in fact expect artists to exhibit mental illness, as if madness and art inherently go hand in hand?

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Insanity or madness is a general term for a semi-permanent, severe mental disorder.
Insanity;Lunacy. persistent mental disorder or derangement
In popular culture "insane" could also refer to something extremely foolish.
In the medical profession it is nowadays avoided in favor of a specific diagnoses of mental illnes


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