Sigmund Freud did not invent the concept of the unconsciousness, he created a way of studying it.

Chronic colestites is actually a form of total insomnia.

This happens when a person can live without definable sleep for years, even decades.

The multiple personality disorder is actually a dissociative disorder, and not a type of schizophrenia.

Psychopaths and psychotics are people with completely different symptoms.

Psychopaths are people who are usually aggressive, lack empathy, and disregard other people.

Mood disorders can also be psychotic disorders.

Mental illness is not a recently developed or discovered phenomenon.

Chronic insomnia is when a person is unable to sleep for a period of about a month, not their whole life.

Neurosis does not affect our perception of reality or our rational thought.

Neurosis is a disorder with symptoms like irritation, depression, and obsessive thoughts.

Freud's ego, id, and super-ego do not replace the conscience, subconscience, and unconscience.

Neurosis is no longer a category in the American DSM-III

The Oedipus complex only refers to males. The correct name for a similar complex in females is the Electra complex.

This complex is when a child feels jelous of the parent of the same sex because of their intimacy with the parent of the opposite sex.

Depression is not a normal stage everybody goes through when aging.

Depression is not normal and needs to be treated with medication or psychotherapy.

Autistism refers to a very wide range of people and symptoms. They are not all the same.

Autism generally refers to one characteristic- unusual difficulty with social communication.

If a parent is happier after a divorce it does not mean that the children are as well.

After a divorce children usually become more aggressive and depressed, even if the parents feel better.