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6. I'm sure there is something in the DSM that could be slapped on them

Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:34 PM

Apr 2013

Antisocial Personality Disorder, for example.

http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Personality%20Disorders/DSM-IV%20and%20DSM-5%20Criteria%20for%20the%20Personality%20Disorders%205-1-12.pdf

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Well I don't think we can pin this one on an untreated mental illness [View all] dkf Apr 2013 OP

You don't think so, eh? MineralMan Apr 2013 #1

Radical religion can be seen as a mental illness from some perspectives Fumesucker Apr 2013 #2

As can radical politics, radical philosophies, radical nationalism and radical economics... LanternWaste Apr 2013 #18

fundies are all untreated mental patients snooper2 Apr 2013 #3

W. James...The_Varieties_of_Religious_Experience.html... littlemissmartypants Apr 2013 #28

I'd call it a personality disorder CJCRANE Apr 2013 #4

No angrychair Apr 2013 #5

I'm sure there is something in the DSM that could be slapped on them slackmaster Apr 2013 #6

same logic Enrique Apr 2013 #8

Usually Adjustment Disorder is what providers fall back on... cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #9

Adjustment Disorder is by definition temporary meow2u3 Apr 2013 #44

Oh no.... cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #47

AFAIK, they change the diagnosis if the disorder lasts more than 6 mos. meow2u3 Apr 2013 #48

Well.....they SHOULD change the diagnosis..... cbdo2007 Apr 2013 #50

What is often called psychopathy, at least previously... marions ghost Apr 2013 #15

In DSM-IV a dx of ASPD requires troubled teenage years HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #19

Your rebuke fails marions ghost Apr 2013 #26

I merely turned to the criteria listed by the American Psychiatric Association. HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #30

You don't understand ASPD marions ghost Apr 2013 #34

Yes, I think I do. I understand the role of deception but HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #38

Why not? marions ghost Apr 2013 #7

Well, I view religious zealotry as mental illness Kelvin Mace Apr 2013 #10

Delusion... Zorra Apr 2013 #12

Does your view carry weight with any professional psychiatric association? HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #22

DSM IV-V62.89 is a category of religious and spiritual related problems, Zorra Apr 2013 #40

I think you misread that. This section refers to -distress- associated with HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #43

No, I didn't misread it. But, whatever. nt Zorra Apr 2013 #49

If you claim an invisible man Kelvin Mace Apr 2013 #51

The uncle diagnosed them: loserism nt flamingdem Apr 2013 #11

I think we know as much about mental illness now as we did 300 years ago olddots Apr 2013 #13

Folie à deux Bosso 63 Apr 2013 #14

You see dkf, the anxiety soothing narrative NEEDS the bad guys to be REALLY BAD HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #16

Killing people marions ghost Apr 2013 #21

Only under the limits of understanding that you labor under. HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #25

Killing another human is insanity marions ghost Apr 2013 #31

I'll rest my case with what I previously stated HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #33

Well stated. Tien1985 Apr 2013 #39

Right-- marions ghost Apr 2013 #45

No shit, Sherlock. Jamastiene Apr 2013 #17

i don't understand this reaction Enrique Apr 2013 #20

Now how does that help? nolabear Apr 2013 #24

Shared Psychotic Disorder Rex Apr 2013 #23

Link to Wikipedia article for Shared Psychotic Disorder (Folie à deux) meow2u3 Apr 2013 #46

DU is really problematic for misunderstanding what constitutes "mental illness". nolabear Apr 2013 #27

I'm specifically targeting what could have been done medically to "fix" this situation. dkf Apr 2013 #29

Not so far. I haven't heard anything about the mental health system being involved in any way. nolabear Apr 2013 #37

I think isolation, inability to 'fit in' was a major factor. Avalux Apr 2013 #32

It seems clear that #2 wasn't isolated HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #36

That is true. Avalux Apr 2013 #41

Does Limbaugh broadcast in Russian anywhere in the world? lpbk2713 Apr 2013 #35

I don't think you can pin this senseless tragedy on any one thing except Blue_Roses Apr 2013 #42