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IMHO, Santa belongs in a SUPERSET called IMAGINARY COMPANIONS which is the name of a lab at University of Minnesota whom I offered to send money to:"Do you know anyone interested in studying whether the following all can be considered IMAGINARY COMPANIONS:

Teddy Bear

Santa

Spiderman

Beloved Teachers

Jesus, Allah, etc

Trump, Obama, etc

Up to 60% of "FDA tested" anxiety patients were cured by placebo

Thumb sucking ( which "easily mutates" to become Pacifier sucking)

If the placebo used for our nation of anxious people mutates into anger then as many as 60% of Americans could become addicted to anger (note: Scientists found Shrinks accuracy at spotting anger is about zero percent:

...the law requires ...

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=5150

"At a minimum, assessment... shall be conducted and provided on an ongoing basis."

...but a Congressional Study found...

Congressman Kennedy:

https://www.patrickjkennedy.net/agenda#Quality

"...only about 18 percent of psychiatrists and 11 percent of psychologists in the U.S. routinely administer symptom rating scales..."

...the difference between the assessments required by law and the lack of routinely administered symptom rating scales may explain:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-therapy/200901/seven-questions-david-d-burns

"...one of the most common causes of suicide-the therapist..."

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