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Re:A neuroscientist who believes addiction is not a disease by BurningFrog on Sunday August 30, 2015 @01:08PM (#10143845)
There was a study suggesting that what we call Schizophrenia is really 8 separate conditions with similar symptoms.

That is probably how most mental disorders are.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/16/health/schizophrenia-eight-dis...

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Re:A neuroscientist who believes addiction is not a disease by duaneb on Sunday August 30, 2015 @04:15PM (#10144365)
> what we call Schizophrenia is really 8 separate conditions with similar symptoms

I don't think we'll be able to say for sure how many different conditions there really "are". There may not even be such a number.

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