According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 400 million people across the globe have some form of mental disorder.  That is a lot of people who may need diagnosed and treated.  You would think that would keep psychiatrists pretty busy.  Apparently, not busy enough.  Eric Bui and his team of French psychiatrists have diagnosed Anakin Skywalker – otherwise known as Darth Vader of the fictional movie Star Wars – with borderline personality disorder.  Let me rephrase that.  Psychiatrists have diagnosed a fictional character with a mental disorder.  Dr. Bui is not the only one involved in this craziness.  Other psychiatrists, including Dr. H. Eric Bender, have reviewed those results and disagree on a clinical level.

I have questions that go beyond the information stated in this “news” article.  How did Anakin pay for this diagnosis?  Was medicine prescribed?  Is Anakin no longer on the dark side?  What about the mental health of our other national fictional characters?  Can something be prescribed for Eeyore’s depression?  What is wrong with Charlie Brown?  Does SpongeBob have a delusional disorder or is he manic?

Regardless, I fear for the sanity of the psychiatrists themselves.  I think maybe Lucy needs to clear her schedule for this one.