Explain the problems with the term, provide an example of its misuse, and offer more palatable alternatives when they exist.

Fifty Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid: A
List of Inaccurate, Misleading, Misused, Ambiguous, and Logically Confused
Words and Phrases, Scott O. Lilienfeld et al., Frontiers in Psychology,
2015
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01100/full
These authors provide a highly valuable listing of
psychological and psychiatric terms that should be avoided; moreover, the
Explain the problems with the term, provide an example of its misuse, and offer more palatable alternatives when they exist.

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