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The DSM-IV-TR is a 943-page textbook published by the American Psychiatric Association that sells for $99…There are currently 374 mental disorders. I bought the book…and leafed through it…I closed the manual. “I wonder if I’ve got any of the 374 mental disorders,” I thought. I opened the manual again. And instantly diagnosed myself with twelve different ones.

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