When I Asked Robert Spitzer About The Possibility That He'd Inadvertently Created A World In Which Ordinary Behaviours Were Being Labelled Mental Disorders, He Fell Silent. I Waited For Him To Answer. But The Silence Lasted Three Minutes. Finally He Said, 'i Don't Know.

-Jon Ronson

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When I Asked Robert Spitzer About The

Jon Ronson

When I Asked Robert Spitzer About The Possibility That He'd Inadvertently Created A World In Which Ordinary Behaviours Were Being Labelled Mental Disorders, He Fell Silent. I Waited For Him To Answer. But The Silence Lasted Three Minutes. Finally He Said, 'i Don't Know.

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Silence

Ordinary

Three

Sometimes Labeling Is Only Useful, Like With Ocd. Once You're Labeled You Can Be Treated. On Other Occasions Labeling Leads To Tyranny, Like With Childhood Bipolar Disorder In The U.s.

Childhood

Bipolar

Sometimes