Researchers believe that severe fear reactions suffered in childhood cause a certain mental disorder. A new discovery shows that the disorder is really caused by the lack of a specific enzyme. The disorder will now change in classification from what to what?

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The fact that the disorder is caused by a lack of a specific enzyme suggests a biological or physical cause, making it somatogenic rather than psychogenic. Therefore, the disorder will change in classification from psychoanalytic (a type of psychogenic disorder) to somatogenic.

Researchers Believe That Severe Fear Reactions Suffered in Childhood Cause