Article that talks about some of the theory behind mental disorders: https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/07/creation-illness-gaming-disorder/ https://www.madinam

Article that talks about some of the theory behind mental disorders: https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/07/creation-illness-gaming-disorder/ https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/07/creation-illness-gaming... Excerpt: > Carlat: How did you decide on five criteria as being your minimum threshold for depression? > Spitzer: It was just consensus. We would ask clinicians and researchers, “How many symptoms do you think patients ought to have before you would give them a diagnosis of depression?” And we came up with the arbitrary number of five. > Carlat: But why did you choose five and not four? Or why didn’t you choose six? > Spitzer: Because four just seemed like not enough. And six seemed like too much.