Word: conditioner
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To be sure, a few disorders are dropped from each edition. First notes that a supposed childhood condition called identity disorder was excluded from DSM IV even though many child psychologists wanted to keep it. Kids could qualify for that disorder if they were "uncertain" about long-term goals, career...
Lying seemed easier than telling the truth. "His father wanted it to be a secret," says Ed's aunt Virginia Conrad, who eventually told Ed practically everything he knows about his mother. "There was a lot of embarrassment about it." For a while, Ed blamed himself for his mother's...
Although Peter was finally getting treatment, the future seemed scarier than ever. Velma recalls one particularly poignant and lucid conversation at the hospital, in which her son wondered, "Is this it? Does this mean my life's over and I'll never do anything again?" Because Peter was an adult...
As for the future, the Beales are cautiously optimistic. Dana is thriving, and though he is at greater risk of developing schizophrenia at some point than a child without an afflicted parent, there is a better than 80% chance that he will not. The Beales have also learned to cast...
For something so widely desired, so hotly derided, happiness hasn't got much attention from researchers. One reason is the difficulty of quantifying happiness: it is a condition that is diagnosed and defined not by the doctor but by the patient. Another is the medical community's tendency to study...