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		BurningFrog on Aug 30, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A neuroscientist who believes addiction is not a d... There was a study suggesting that what we call Schizophrenia is really 8 separate conditions with similar symptoms. That is probably how most mental disorders are. http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/16/health/schizophrenia-eight-dis...

duaneb on Aug 30, 2015 [–]

> what we call Schizophrenia is really 8 separate conditions with similar symptoms

I don't think we'll be able to say for sure how many different conditions there really "are". There may not even be such a number.

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