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Is "bain" the misspelling of "bane" here?

 
 
Reply Thu 2 Jul, 2015 09:01 pm


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Extremely litigious, ensnared in anti-social acts, the psychopath has been the bain of psychiatrists and lawyers alike, and the suffering and mental anguish he brings to his family is immeasurable. Dr. Cleckley has pioneered in exposing this individual for what he is; a malignantly ill person who repeatedly does "crazy" things but who just as repeatedly is adjudged to be "without mental illness" by the hospital psychiatrist.

This book bears the title of a previous edition but, as Dr. Cleckley confesses, new facts and additional experiences made it "necessary to write a new book." In this book the author makes a rather successful attempt to bring clarity to a traditionally confused area. In his effort

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2616954/pdf/jnma00626-0080a.pdf
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Reply Thu 2 Jul, 2015 09:13 pm
Yes.
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Reply Thu 2 Jul, 2015 09:41 pm
@InfraBlue,
Thanks.
Does "litigious" there refer to "inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits"?
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Reply Thu 2 Jul, 2015 10:01 pm
@oristarA,
Especially in the US, it means an inclination to engage in lawsuits.
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