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Re:Should Mental Disorders Have Names? by vanderZwan on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @08:35AM (#19207641)
> oppositional defiant disorder

Tangent: I have a lot of skepticism about that one being a proper disorder on its own, in the same sense that I wouldn't consider "fever" an illness in and of its own, but a symptom of other illnesses.

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Re:Should Mental Disorders Have Names? by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @08:50AM (#19207737)
I agree, but even then, should the symptom be treated with the same treatment designed for personality disorders? What is the evidence of it? etc. I genuinely don't know these things.
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