What Do You Think About the Disease/disorder Factor?
Question by Sara: What do you think about the disease/disorder factor?
Example … I don’t know if I buy into this “Alcoholism is a Disease” … ” Obesity is a Disease” … either as opposed to it being a character/personality disorder OR just lacking in Self Discipline?
Best answer:
Answer by ?
They classify them as diseases so people can get medical help with them. There are genetic factors that can make someone more prone to alcoholism, and endocrine factors that can effect obesity. There are other factors also, such as the breakdown of cognitive integration (marked by EEG incoherence between the frontal lobe and the rest of the brain) that keep people from being able to take the action necessary to fix their problem. The thing is, generally it never gets this far unless someone is just ignorant and undisciplined.
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