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** Hell, the entire series is the DSM-IV manual, animated.
** And for what it's worth, {{spoiler|1=the EVAs only work if the pilots are horribly dysfunctional and emotionally messed-up. Even if there are a few therapists left, NERV wouldn't let them anywhere ''near'' the poor kids.}}
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*** Unintentionally [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' when a character comments "those kids are our last hope, who knows what they're going through?" Well, Kaji and Misato are the only adults who attempt to converse with them, could that be the reason?
** Actually, Misato pointed out that Kowaru [http://www.evaotaku.com/html/dircut/eps24.html needs therapy]. Ahem, doesn't she? Actually, even if he acts oddly from human standards, Kowaru is probably the happiest character in the series.
** The worst thing in Evangelion is not the lack of professional therapists. It's the fact that many characters show no regular compassion at all. Seriously, after the accident with Eva-03 ({{spoiler|one of Shinji's friend is nearly killed}}), you can forgive Shinji for his breakdown, can't you? No, Gendo ''had'' to send him in military court — with handcuffs.
*** That's not callousness, that's deliberate malice. Gendo ''knows'' what his cruelty is doing to Shinji; its just that deliberately trying to break Shinji's will to resist is exactly what he's going after.
▲*** As for Gendo, he is not only a soulless manipulative bastard as a character trait but his primary strategy for manipulating people is to take advantage of their flaws and insecurities. In that light, it makes perfect sense that all of the NERV senior staff are mentally flawed in some way; 'psychologically messed up but still talented enough to get the job done' was something the Director of NERV was ''deliberately looking for'' when he was originally setting this operation up.
* Almost every work in the ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise.
** In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' Amuro is explicitly said to have the then current name for PTSD (Shellshock). While the lack of an actual therapist on White Base may be justified by the deaths of most real military on board early on, the best solution the two remaining officers (A pety officer and a Lieutenant Junior Grade) can think of is [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|to slap him]]. It doesn't work. and a therapist is never transferred to the roster either time White Base is resupplied.
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