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Rob Porter has exhibited the behavior of a very distinct and common pathology. Yet, here it is 2018, and the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Association have not deemed it significant enough to even bother to give it a name. Every day, Americans are beaten and even killed as a result of this pathology, yet we are so mired in tradition, no medical/psychological professional has valued the health, safety, and even life of countless Americans significant enough to have named it. Will we ever move out of the Dark Ages?
Phoenix61
(16,954 posts)It has been extensively studied and there are treatment protocols. People who engage in the behavior are called batterers. Most are male but some are female.
dlk
(11,438 posts)Merely describing the behavior as battering limits significantly addressing the root cause and making inroads to eliminating it; it's a band-aid for a hemorrhage. This behavior meets the criteria for being included in the DSM as a distinct pathology
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)That doesn't make it not a disease. It's different from many other diseases, because the people who suffer the worst symptoms, are not the people who have the disease.
However, I'm not sure I agree with the OP. There are various names for this cluster of symptoms. Narcissistc Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Psychopath, Sociopath...
Or in the vernacular, "Asshole."
MontanaMama
(23,242 posts)an Asshole. Spot on.
Delmette2.0
(4,143 posts)Everything including the investivation, diagnosis, treatment and punishment.
dlk
(11,438 posts)Without a doubt, this should be in the DSM.
alittlelark
(18,886 posts)Iggo
(47,489 posts)I think there's a name for that.
Hating the one you're supposed to like more than the rest (your mom/sister/wife/girlfriend)? Maybe there's not a clinical name for that.
dlk
(11,438 posts)Iggo
(47,489 posts)I know what I call 'em.
But I wasn't sure what the med/psych people would call 'em.
(I don't know enough about the subject, is what I'm saying...lol.)