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The paradigm for psychopathic and deviant personality. (apa.org)
Using conformity as a standard for mental health is problematic for a number of reasons. The proper standard for mental health ought to be rationality.
In other words, not conforming to the irrationality of the majority of the people is a 'problem.'In contrast to inadequate personality, this early lack of socialized ego development is overcome by a more individualized ego development which permits the individual to attain the goals of ego alien and socially proscribed motives by indirect means.
Using conformity as a standard for mental health is problematic for a number of reasons. The proper standard for mental health ought to be rationality.