Although mental disorders represent deviations from normal behaviour, all deviations from the norm are not disordered. Indeed, people thinking differently about the world, and behaving in ways that deviated from the norm, have brought remarkable advances, such as Mickey Mouse, iPhones, and racial equality.
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