GREAT MOMENTS IN HEALTH CARE

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[We are a little late with this, but since no action seems to have been
taken on this 1994 proposal, we'd thought we thought we'd bring it to
your attention]

RP BENTALL, DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY,
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL - It is proposed that happiness be classified as
a psychiatric disorder and be included in future editions of the major
diagnostic manuals under the new name: major affective disorder,
pleasant type. In a review of the relevant literature it is shown that
happiness is statistically abnormal, consists of a discrete cluster of
symptoms, is associated with a range of cognitive abnormalities, and
probably reflects the abnormal functioning of the central nervous
system. One possible objection to this proposal remains--that happiness
is not negatively valued. However, this objection is dismissed as
scientifically irrelevant.

http://jme.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/2/94

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