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Over- and mis- diagnosis of mental disorders (Was: Bipolar Disorder)
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RE: Bipolar Disorder
What makes it a disorder, Gilgamesh, is not just the presence of symptoms - there must also be a negative impact to one's life. People can be different, eccentric, or odd, and being so is not in and of itself clinically significant.

You may be correct that mental disorders are over diagnosed, and I might not disagree with you. But doing so in an unsupportive way in a thread such as this seems a bit dickish.
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RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Jackalope - June 5, 2013 at 2:05 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Faith No More - June 5, 2013 at 2:33 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Gilgamesh - June 5, 2013 at 2:36 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Jackalope - June 5, 2013 at 2:38 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Faith No More - June 5, 2013 at 2:38 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Whateverist - June 5, 2013 at 2:40 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Gilgamesh - June 5, 2013 at 2:47 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Faith No More - June 5, 2013 at 2:54 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Gilgamesh - June 5, 2013 at 3:02 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Jackalope - June 5, 2013 at 3:15 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Faith No More - June 5, 2013 at 3:20 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Gilgamesh - June 5, 2013 at 3:36 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Faith No More - June 5, 2013 at 3:47 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Gilgamesh - June 5, 2013 at 3:48 pm
RE: Bipolar Disorder - by Jackalope - June 5, 2013 at 3:51 pm

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