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Contents 1 Michael Fenichel advertising his web page 2 Scientific 3 Poll 4 What is the description of phobias doing here?

[edit] Michael Fenichel advertising his web page

Well, since there is nothing here, I'd be happy to offer up a resource page full of information on both "normal" and "abnormal psychology", called fittingly enough, Current Topics in Psychology: http://www.psychservices.com/Current.shtml

You'll find many resources for parents, students, teachers, mental health professionals, and others interested in learning about a wide range of psychological functioning from Autism to Williams Syndrome. A public service from clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Fenichel.

[edit] Scientific

Since just pretend to be scientific is not enough to be scientific, I will remove the scientific word on the first sentence. -- AnyFile 20:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

The study of abnormal psychology employs the scientific method so I am going to add back the "scientific" adjective you removed. -- Diletante 19:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Poll

Just kinda a small poll: how many people here actually believe that mental "disorders" are real? How many people believe this is just the governments way to control us?--PoidLover 09:37, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I suggest reading this [1]. It's not a matter of government, but of society. Ronabop 05:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What is the description of phobias doing here?

It's out of place and belongs on the phobias page. There are no descriptions of other mental disorders here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.253.26.148 (talk) 20:09, 3 November 2007 (UTC)