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>There is a core of very serious cases, like schizophrenia and some bipolar sufferers, but those are not mental illnesses, they are physical ailments with psychological symptoms. Purely mental illnesses have no scientific explanation, no reliable diagnostic criteria, and no treatments -- which is why the DSM is being abandoned.

What about depression? OCD? Anxieties? Are they "physical ailments with psychological symptoms"?

parent Marwy 13 years ago

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