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== Criticism == === Negates existence of psychological illness === ACT challenges the existence of distinct psychiatric disorders. Hayes and colleagues, for example, write that ''"psychiatric diseases are actually more myth than reality"''<ref name="Hayesbook" /> and that ''"none of the most common mental health syndromes has yet met even the most basic criteria to be legitimately considered as a disease state—even such dramatic disorders as the schizophrenias or bipolar disorders."''<ref name="Hayesbook" /> According to Hayes and colleagues, ''"the DSM's vision of human suffering has expanded across the world and has increasingly pathologized normal human difficulties, the ability of non-Western cultures to deal with suffering."''<ref name="Hayesbook" /> ===The responsibility of the patient === ACT proponents claim that ''"psychological rigidity is a root cause of human suffering and maladaptive functioning."''<ref name="Hayesbook" /> Consequently, much responsibility is laid with patients who suffer from a psychiatric disorder. Someone with an [[anxiety]] disorder, for example, is suggested to have a choice in how to respond to feelings of fear and anxiety. Exercises such as the funeral thought experiment challenge patients if they want to be remembered as someone who lived their lives in fear.<ref name="Hayesbook" />
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