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The SS-man grasped the baby by the ankle, swung him around in a circular motion, and smashed the child’s head against a cement wall. Psychiatrists insist that we cannot speak of a “disorder” when a form of behavior is acceptable within a given society. Thus, the SS-man who smashed a baby’s head against a cement wall was suffering from a mental disorder. He was behaving according to norms governing behavior in the concentration camps. By gentleman’s agreement, psychiatrists have agreed that only individuals can suffer from psychopathology—not entire societies. archive.benchmarkemail/Library-of-Social-Science/newsletter/Why-a-Social-Anxiety-Disorder-and-no-Genocidal-Disorder-
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