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View Poll Results: Is Expressed Emotion (EE) the worst euphemism ever invented by psychiatry?
Yes—it's beyond bizarre! 4 80.00%
Yes—it's beyond bizarre!
4 80.00%
No, it makes perfect sense to me. 0 0%
No, it makes perfect sense to me.
0 0%
No, there are even worse ones. 0 0%
No, there are even worse ones.
0 0%
Who cares what psychiatrists think and/or say? 1 20.00%
Who cares what psychiatrists think and/or say?
1 20.00%
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Old Aug 22, 2009, 06:28 PM
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invented by the psychiatric profession?

According to Wikipedia it is a combination of hostility, emotional overinvolvement and criticism—how on earth can that refer to something which sounds like catharsis?
Last edited by reader1587; Aug 22, 2009 at 09:25 PM. Reason: Didn't sound right
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Old Aug 22, 2009, 07:00 PM
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Actually, I had to look up "euphemism" in Wikipedia before I could reply.

It's pretty close. When I was a paralegal, we used to call death caused by a surgeon a "surgical misadventure".

Nah, I think EE wins! Is Expressed Emotion (EE) the worst euphemism ever
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