Opinion | Have We Turned Personality Into Diagnosis?

The New York Times

The opinion piece questions the increasing tendency to pathologize normal personality traits by framing them as clinical diagnoses. It warns that this trend risks medicalizing everyday human variations and blurring the line between typical behavior and mental health conditions.

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All articles from 6 August 2026. Summaries are AI-generated and may contain errors; the linked article is the authority.