In the 1950s, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was a thin pamphlet with a few dozen mental disorders. TODAY IT IS 947 PAGES LONG AND LISTS 347 MENTAL DISORDERS. Consequently, there's a good chance that everyone has at least one mental disorder.
It's a lot easier to convince a psychiatrist that you're psychopathic than convincing a psychiatrist that you're not psychopathic. Try it sometime and you'll see what I mean. The truth is that everyone is a little bit psychopathic. Also, did you know that telling a psychiatrist that you have a mental disorder when you don't is a symptom of a mental disorder? Think about that.
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