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In reply to the discussion: Here we go with the mental illness bullshit [View all]Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)No it's not in the DSM some people in the field are working toward getting it there. But, I don't view the DSM as the mental health bible. I am going on my experience. I don't know what comes first the chicken or the egg, but I know my mother was very ill she was treated for something once she didn't share what that was, but she was very violent and physically abusive, she tried to kill my dad a couple of times. She would sleep for up to 16 hours a day when she was having one of her spells. I would say major depression, but I don't have a degree to make that official. My Ex also a racist displayed a lot of paranoia and he is crippled by it in a lot of ways. But, like I said the people I have known have concurrent problems, so I can't really tell are those problems because they are racist or is it easier to develop a racist philosophy when you already have another disorder?
I would challenge anyone to find someone who has racist tendencies so extreme that they kill to find them mentally healthy.