Darth Vader, personality disorder and autism

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For some reason French researchers have come to the conclusion that Darth Vader meets six of the nine diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder.
The Guardian reports:

"I believe that psychotherapy would have helped Anakin and might have prevented him from turning to the dark side," adds Bui. "Using the dark side of the Force could be considered as similar to drug use: it feels really good when you use it, it alters your consciousness and you know you shouldn't do it."
I look forward to his analysis of Emperor Palpatine.

Meanwhile there has been some significant research linking autism and DNA which may eventually allow for early identification of the condition and possible new treatments.
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