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This research addresses the classification issues of Dabrowski's Theory within psychiatric diagnoses.

March 15, 2026Open Access

Pathologization of Developmental Processes: Positive Disintegration, Overexcitability, and the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder

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This research addresses the classification issues of Dabrowski's Theory within psychiatric diagnoses.
Analysis of current diagnostic systems
Examination of Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration
Review of Overexcitability as a symptom
Identified the structural tendency to misclassify developmental processes as bipolar disorder
Highlighted the implications for diagnostic practices in psychiatry

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A working paper examining the structural tendency for Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration and Overexcitability to be misclassified as bipolar disorder within current diagnostic systems.

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