Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness
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"Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" is a non-fiction book that critiques the medicalization of everyday shyness and the expansion of psychiatric diagnoses.
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| Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3424944 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness Context triple: [Christopher J. Lane, notableWork, Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness]
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A.
The Neurotic Constitution
The Neurotic Constitution is a foundational work in individual psychology in which Alfred Adler outlines his theory of neurosis as a response to feelings of inferiority and the striving for superiority.
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B.
The Blank Slate
The Blank Slate is a book by Steven Pinker that critiques the notion of human minds as entirely shaped by environment and argues for the significant role of innate human nature, making it a foundational text in evolutionary psychology debates.
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C.
Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology
Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology is a seminal work of holistic neurology and psychology that explores how brain injuries and mental disorders illuminate the fundamental organization and capacities of human beings.
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D.
Sources of the Self
Sources of the Self is a major philosophical work by Charles Taylor that traces the historical development of modern identity and moral frameworks in Western thought.
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E.
Studies on Hysteria
Studies on Hysteria is a foundational 1895 clinical work by Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer that introduced key psychoanalytic concepts through case studies of patients with hysteria.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness Target entity description: "Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" is a non-fiction book that critiques the medicalization of everyday shyness and the expansion of psychiatric diagnoses.
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A.
The Neurotic Constitution
The Neurotic Constitution is a foundational work in individual psychology in which Alfred Adler outlines his theory of neurosis as a response to feelings of inferiority and the striving for superiority.
-
B.
The Blank Slate
The Blank Slate is a book by Steven Pinker that critiques the notion of human minds as entirely shaped by environment and argues for the significant role of innate human nature, making it a foundational text in evolutionary psychology debates.
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C.
Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology
Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology is a seminal work of holistic neurology and psychology that explores how brain injuries and mental disorders illuminate the fundamental organization and capacities of human beings.
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D.
Sources of the Self
Sources of the Self is a major philosophical work by Charles Taylor that traces the historical development of modern identity and moral frameworks in Western thought.
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E.
Studies on Hysteria
Studies on Hysteria is a foundational 1895 clinical work by Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer that introduced key psychoanalytic concepts through case studies of patients with hysteria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ psychology book ⓘ sociology book ⓘ |
| addresses |
boundary between normality and mental disorder
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impact of diagnostic labels on identity ⓘ social construction of mental illness ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Lane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes |
expansion of psychiatric diagnoses
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medicalization of everyday shyness ⓘ overdiagnosis of mental disorders ⓘ pharmaceutical marketing practices ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
development of social anxiety disorder as a diagnosis
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history of psychiatric classification ⓘ role of drug companies in defining disorders ⓘ |
| form | monograph ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of contemporary psychiatry
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skeptical of pathologizing normal emotions ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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mental health professionals ⓘ scholars of psychiatry and psychology ⓘ students of social sciences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
DSM-5
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surface form:
DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
diagnostic inflation ⓘ medicalization ⓘ pathologization of normal behavior ⓘ pharmaceutical industry ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ shyness ⓘ social anxiety disorder ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
cultural studies
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history of medicine ⓘ history of psychiatry ⓘ mental health ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness Description of subject: "Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" is a non-fiction book that critiques the medicalization of everyday shyness and the expansion of psychiatric diagnoses.
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