Pathologising unhappiness
The Sydney Morning Herald – August 29, 2013 By Sam de Brito Last month I wrote about the subject of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and the…
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Latest edition of psychiatry’s diagnostic manual draws fierce criticism
National Post By Joseph Brean August 5, 2013 Of all the scorn heaped on the new fifth edition of psychiatry’s manual, perhaps the most biting…
New Scientist—The diagnosis of mental illness needs its own therapy
Three books examine the painful birth of the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – and the flaws behind it.
Psychiatry’s hour of crisis: new diagnostic manual triggers infighting, boycotts, resignations
200 years after psychiatry was recognized as a medical discipline, a stark question persists: Is psychiatry credible?