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Scientists find new disease: motivational deficiency disorder

BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7544.745-a (Published 30 March 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:745

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It always pays to look at the date!

The learned Professor Leth Argos, according to the conference
programme (http://www.diseasemongering.org/downloads/program.pdf), works
at the Hypnos Topor School of Medicine. I assume that this centre of
excellence is located in Sleepy Hollow, Bedfordshire.

The same programme lists the author -Ray Moynihan - as delivering a
paper on the experiences of a sufferer. if that sufferer is himself, I
would submit, on the basis of the article, that this is a clear
misdiagnosis.

Competing interests:
None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

31 March 2006
Gerry Waldron
Consultant in Public Health Medicine
NHSSB, Ballymena, Northern Ireland BT42 1QB