Author: Hubbard, L. R.
Document date: 1950, 10 August, 1950, 10 August, 1950, 10 August, 1950, 10 August
Document title: Introducing Dianetics, Introducing Dianetics, Introducing Dianetics, Introducing Dianetics
Document type: lecture transcript
Event: Public lecture, Public lecture, Public lecture, Public lecture
Location: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Document ID: 5008C10, 5008C10, 5008C10, 5008C10
Description: Hubbard claims Dianetics cures schizophrenia and psychopathic personality., Hubbard claims Dianetics cures schizophrenia and psychopathic personality., Hubbard claims Dianetics cures schizophrenia and psychopathic personality., Hubbard claims Dianetics cures schizophrenia and psychopathic personality.
There are many questions that have come up regarding Dianetics, some of which I will answer here.
“What are the results with psychotics?”
The results with psychotics at the present time are pretty fair. Of course, psychotics are definitely in the hands of psychiatry–they are actually wards of the state–and we are trying very hard to keep those psychotics in the hands of psychiatry where they belong. After all, psychiatry is organized to handle that problem. Psychiatrists have been open-minded about Dianetics for quite a while, but recently I was over at the state institution in St. Louis and the chief of the institution was running a young lady. I pitched in and gave him a hand. She had been schizophrenic for a number of years and she lay down on the couch insane; we worked on her for about two hours, hit the key engram in the case and she got off the couch sane. So the psychiatrists are no longer open-minded at Missouri State.
“Can Dianetics release or clear a psychopathic personality?”
Yes, providing that psychopathic personality is not caused by iatrogenic psychosis or brain tumors which is sometimes the case. About 30 percent of psychosis is physiological; it has to do with such things as paresis, missing parts of the brain and so forth. Dianetics can’t grow a new spine for you.
Hubbard, L. R. (1950, 10 August). Introducing Dianetics. Public Lecture, (5008C10). Lecture conducted from Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA.