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Originally Posted by BudFox
My sense, from my own reading, is that the bulk of Psychiatry and its bible the DSM is fraud and quackery and social engineering and marketing for the drug companies.
"Don't buy it, don't use it, don't teach it. Theres nothing official about it. [about DSM-V]" -- Dr Allen Francis, Chair of the DSM-IV committee, and one of the most powerful psychiatrists in the country according to the NY Times
""There is no definition of a mental disorder. It's bulls**t. I mean, you just can't define it." -- Dr Allen Francis, Chair of the DSM-IV committee, and one of the most powerful psychiatrists in the country according to the NY Times
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I can't say anything about the other quotes you posted, but Francis Allen doesn't oppose the DSM itself or of the diagnosing of mental illness. He specifically takes issue with the DSM V and the over diagnosis of mental disorders. He feels that the newest version breaks mental illness down into too many subcategories that, quite frankly, become ridiculous and overwhelming. He seems to think it almost trivializes mental illness, which if used the wrong way, probably does.