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To: BenLurkin
five distinct psychiatric disorders — autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and alcoholism

Those appear to be all the "big ones", in my opinion.

Beyond that, psychological problems are mostly variants of neurotic behavior which is just "thinking incorrectly" and you can train people out of that.

4 posted on 02/08/2018 11:59:16 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The revolution will not be televised (at least, not by CNN).)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Those appear to be all the “big ones”, in my opinion.”

It does. So a breakthrough in treating one could be important for all of them.


7 posted on 02/08/2018 12:04:14 PM PST by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Those appear to be all the "big ones", in my opinion.

I would rank narcissistic personality disorder as a big one as well.

9 posted on 02/08/2018 12:05:33 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: ClearCase_guy
Beyond that, psychological problems are mostly variants of neurotic behavior which is just "thinking incorrectly" and you can train people out of that.

"Any man caught thinking incorrectly spends a night in the box."

27 posted on 02/08/2018 3:00:47 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: ClearCase_guy

Found BF Skinner!


32 posted on 07/31/2018 6:18:08 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (MAGAMarchOnWashington.com)
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