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Psychopathology

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Abstract

A disease is a tissue and organ malfunction with the potential for producing discomfort, disability, or death. What society considers a disease also plays a part. For example, the dermatosis dyschromic spirochetosis (pinta) is not considered a disease in certain South American tribes; in these tribes, having the skin discolorations of pinta increases marriageability [1].

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    Frederick Sierles M.D. (Associate Professor and Director, Medical Student Education in Psychiatry) (Associate Professor and Director, Medical Student Education in Psychiatry)

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Sierles, F. (1982). Psychopathology. In: Sierles, F. (eds) Clinical Behavioral Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7973-7_8

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