Here syndrome is used much more. In certain "illnesses" I think it is an eminent choice. Like we don't say Asperger's disorder, we say Asperger's syndrome, which means it is a set of symptoms that sort of go together. The same way we say Post traumatic stress syndrome, because it is a set of things that also go together, something with multiple parts.

Also that way you don't have to design "blame" or disease. Sure PTSD is a problem just like you will not be well if a car runs you over, but will you be ill if a car runs you over... I don't think so but you won't be healthy either. So in that way, I would like it be called PTSS like it is here.

I would also want to put ADHD in the syndrome bucket, because it has several parts that go together, and it totally depends if it is a blessing or a curse or both.

So I would suggest two reasons for calling something a syndrome (part from the needed part being a collection of signs and symptoms), either where it can be debated if something is just bad and diseased, or whether there are positive aspects as well (AS and ADHD), and a fairly normal reaction to an event (PTSD).

I also feel there is some bad in that they stopped talking about endogenous and exogenous depression, because the latter clearly had its roots in life (like bullying, child abuse, neglect). When I went to psych classes there was a really good reasoning for not separating the two and it was seen as what they did in the old days.

Now I wonder if it really would not benefit us to have that separation even if there is a huge overlap.

Instead they want what was called endogenous depression on the bipolar spectrum. I disagree. It might be related, but it is still not bipolar.

One reason for scratching exogenous depression might be that even if it also have a genetic component (40 % of the population cannot develop depression) I feel was introducing the then new SSRIs to them.

To end on a funner note... I'm glad bipolar is called bipolar. I never liked manic depression. Sure some mixed episodes are manic depressed, but shouldn't the illness have been called mania and depression?