Here’s the abstract of a 1992 paper that psychiatrist Richard Bentall published in the Journal of Medical Ethics:

It is proposed that happiness be classified as a psychiatric disorder….

In a review of the relevant literature it is shown that happiness is statistically abnormal, consists of a discrete cluster of symptoms, is associated with a range of cognitive abnormalities, and probably reflects the abnormal functioning of the central nervous system.

One possible objection to this proposal remains–that happiness is not negatively valued. However, this objection is dismissed as scientifically irrelevant.

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