The Big Bang Theory writers attempt to show characters with unconventional social behaviors leading fulfilling lives without needing to pathologize or medicate them.

“And I think what's interesting and kind of sweet, and I think should not be lost on people, is that we don't pathologize our characters. We don't talk about medicating them, or even really changing them.”

The definition of psychiatric disorders is shifting from labeling categorical disorders to identifying the neural basis of specific dimensions like impulsivity.

“instead of saying, I'm gonna study a disorder, because a lot of people with different, psychiatric problems, can be labeled as one disorder, we're now gonna look at these different dimensions and say, okay is this person having problems, like emotional instability, or impulsivity. And try to find th”