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43 - Introduction

from Section 15

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2020

Kenneth S. Kendler
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Josef Parnas
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
Peter Zachar
Affiliation:
Auburn University, Montgomery
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Summary

Imagine a society, which strongly disapproves of divorce. It is not illegal, but it is considered as a very bad, transgressive and immoral thing. Due to the activist pressure from certain well-organized groups, a National Psychiatric Association introduces to its diagnostic manual of mental disorders a new category Divorce Tendency Disorder (DTD). You suffer from the DTD if you have divorced more than once. DTD is further divided into subtypes: (1) divorce on your own initiative, (2) divorce on your spouse’s initiative, (3) mixed type and (4) not otherwise specified. The creation of this diagnostic category stimulates a lot of scientific research. National Institute of Health and Prevention invests large sums of money into epidemiological and biological research. It turns out that DTD may be comorbid with a Personality Disorder, a Suicidal Behavior Disorder or Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Genetic-epidemiological studies show that DTD runs in families and twin data indicate genetic and earlyenvironmental effect. A genetic consortium using large sample studies shows that DTD is massively polygenic.

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Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
, pp. 519 - 520
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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References

Turkheimer, E. (2015) ‘The nature of nature.’ In Kendler, K. S. & Parnas, J. (Eds.), Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry III: The Nature and Sources of Historical Change (pp. 227244). Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Turkheimer, E. (2017) ‘The hard question in psychiatric nosology.’ In Kendler, K. S. & Parnas, J. (Eds.), Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry IV: Classification of Psychiatric Illness (pp. 2744). Oxford: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar

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