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(Ron) wrote in message om>...
> Jonathan Ball > wrote in message link.net>...
> > Jonathan Ball wrote:
> >
> > >>> IOW, they're also out of touch with reality (which is one reason why
> > >>> I suspect AR/veganism are symptoms of deeper mental illness; perhaps
> > >>> it will one day be used diagnostically as a syndrome capturing those
> > >>> who are anti-social, out of touch with reality, and who have a
> > >>> peculiar eating disorder -- the latter being orthorexia).
> > >
> > >
> > > Do a Google search on "orthorexia", sometimes referred to as "orthorexia
> > > nervosa" by the medical doctor (and admitted former orthorexic) who
> > > coined the term, Steven Bratman. There are over 3000 references to it.
> > > The term is not yet a DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
> > > Mental Disorders) accepted diagnosis, but I predict it will become one.
> > > Bratman's own page on the disorder is http://www.orthorexia.com.
> > > There's a wealth of information about it.
> >
> > I looked up some more information on Steven Bratman,
> > and while he still seems to have a lot of off-putting
> > "alternative" aspects to him, he nonetheless went to a
> > good accredited medical school (University of
> > California at Davis) and did his internship at a good
> > psychiatric clinic (Menninger). His credentials are in
> > order.
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> Unlike yours.
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**** off, Ron.