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Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

"When diagnosis becomes deception—unmasking the billion-dollar industry behind the DSM."

October 19, 2011
1h 18m
7.0 / 10

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.