DSM-5-TR includes Imposter Syndrome under its new section, Pop Psych Bullshit Disorders to Mock.
The section is very big
There was a debate over the inclusion or lack thereof of “attenuated psychosis syndrome.” While many in the field believed it to be a parody of several existing overlapping constructs; evidently, it wasn’t.
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(1) Dictators, tyrants, demagogues & the like have throughout the 20th century committed murder on a scale that is hard to fathom. They have a commonality: Antisocial PD. (2) To inoculate the population against propaganda/disinformation, science says teach people how to ID it.
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(3) Therefore, it stands to reason that educating the public about how to identify antisocial PD could be an effective demagogue-prevention measure.
Preschool admissions for 2 year olds is cut throat. Artu needs to step up his game.
Good thing I’ve contacted some people from underworld and they are working on a photo shopped video of him engaging in collaborative pretend play with rules and scaffolding.
Why categories are better than dimensions for personality disorder classification: dimensional traits are unitary constructs, sub-factors, or unique facets. Categories are multi-factorial. People are not simply entities
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consisting of different amounts of a set of facets. They are complex, dynamic, and motivated beings wherein beliefs, desires, and actions don't always align. Ambivalence often reigns supreme. Behavior is multiply determined and their personality is best understood in terms
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of theoretically coherent interrelated domains such as motivation and interpersonal style; wherein content defines the domains; rather than the domains themselves being identical to the content.