madness is, for the most part, a creation of society. by this, i mean that (aside from the "old stanbys" you have mentioned) there is no such thing as insane, unless society says so. or maybe the "old standbys" are just misinterpretations. when we examine those who have been considered genius, we often tend to see that they are on the brink of insanity. could insanity possibly be a higher sate of mind? its just a suggestion. who are we to say, and what is the truth? does anybody even know the truth, especially when more and more "facts" come up as just mere interpretations? maybe truth is just another false fabrication of society? whether or not we choose to believe it, we are scred of what is different, and when it becomes too different, we want to supress it, and push it away from us. thus, we have what is called insanity, for those people with the extremely radical mind sets. personally, i think society has created insanity, psychology, etc out of its own insecurity.
peace and love
divya

((this has just come from the top of my head. maybe later on i will elaborate. i saw this topic, and i find it extremely interesting....))