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March 1, 2012 05:09 pm PST

Why shrinks diagnose anti-authoritarians with mental illness

Bruce Levine, a clinical psychologist, has written on Mad in America about his colleagues' propensity for diagnosing anti-authoritarians with mental illness. Levine says diagnoses like oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder and anxiety disorder are applied to people who question authority's legitimacy by mental health practitioners who are, themselves, unconsciously deferential to authority. Gaining [...]


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