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1	I have argued that happiness meets all reasonable criteria for a psychiatric disorder. It is statistically abnormal and consists of a discrete cluster of symptoms; there is at least some evidence that it reflects abnormal functioning of the central nervous system; and it is associated with various cognitive abnormalities in articular, a lack of contact with reality. Acceptance of these arguments leads to the obvious conclusion that happiness should be included in future taxonomies of mental illness, probably as a form of affective disorder. This would place it on Axis 1 of the American Psychiatric Association's _Diagnostic and Statistical Manual_. With this prospect in mind, I humbly suggest that the term "happiness" be replaced by the more formal description _major affective disorder, pleasant type_, in the interests of scientific precision and in the hope of reducing any possible diagnostic ambiguities.	Happiness

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