Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

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Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

Name: Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-10-19
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Fred A. Baughman Jr., Richard Bentall, Bart Billings, Moira Dolan, Jonathan Emord

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

★ 7.0 Rating•78 min•2011

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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.