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Is There a Scientific Shortcut to Mental Health?
When these diagnostic categories are introduced to the wider public, the nuances of the science are often lost. The idea of normalization is to give us a swift category that connects so that we don't have to spend a lot of extra time interpreting something. This is a social psychology phenomenon in many ways. It's just a way that if we had to think intentionally about everything that goes on in our life, we'd never leave the kitchen table in the morning. We need categories.