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The Comorbidity Fallacy: How the DSM, Psychiatric Practice, and Pharmaceutical Incentives Have Systematically Misclassified, Overmedicated, and Harmed Millions of Anxiety Sufferers

AuthorCharles G. Linden
AffiliationThe Charles Linden Institute
DateJuly 2026
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anxiety disordercomorbidityMajor Depressive DisorderDSM-5diagnostic fallacypolypharmacypharmaceutical incentivessecondary distressfear responseThreat Recalibration TherapyTRTHPA axisiatrogenic harm

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Linden, C. G. (2026). The comorbidity fallacy: How the DSM, psychiatric practice, and pharmaceutical incentives have systematically misclassified, overmedicated, and harmed millions of anxiety sufferers (CLI-WP-005). Charles Linden Institute Working Papers in Psychophysiology and Anxiety Recovery. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21240285

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