Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam(2011)
When diagnosis becomes deception—unmasking the billion-dollar industry behind the DSM.
Overview
The documentary Psychiatry’s Deadliest Scam critiques the DSM, psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, for labeling normal behaviors as mental illnesses. It argues that the DSM lacks scientific basis and fuels a massive industry built on overdiagnosis and overmedication. Through interviews and analysis, it claims this practice jeopardizes civil liberties and ethical treatment.
Writers
Toby Burwell
Country
United States of America
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