Over- and mis- diagnosis of mental disorders (Was: Bipolar Disorder)

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Meh...We've had this discussion several times, and neither side seems poised to convince the other. I see no need to hash it out again...

Another way of looking at is with 'order' separate from 'normal' (that is to say: does it work in a non-chaotic fashion vs chaotic)... but this usually isn't what people are going for when they use 'disorder'.

I'd like if people could get a definition down for 'disorder' that didn't trivialize it, or that didn't lock only the most severe forms of 'disorder' down as such whilst declaring the rest normative... and from there go to the arguments they might make. It's never actually been hashed out, because this was never actually established... maybe you'd have more luck with convincing someone if you could even define what a disorder is.

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I just don't even understand the point. Why should anyone care what you think about their disorders or lack-there-of, gil? You like to involve yourself in these discussions, but you're not a professional and you're not supportive, so what gives? Why do you care and why should we?

Does his being professional or supportive impact his arguments at all? Tea Partiests make plenty of supportive arguments for their party... should we who do not agree with them simply not question them?

Maybe some disagreement might help one to understand their subject a little bit better, maybe the dying won't stop the Blight, but we don't know that, Daveth. Don't we?