Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

2011/10/19 • Released

Documentary
7.0
1h 18m

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.

Director : N/A

Casts

Fred A. Baughman Jr.

Self

Richard Bentall

Self

Bart Billings

Self

Moira Dolan

Self

Jonathan Emord

Self

Colin Ross

Self

Jeffrey Schaler

Self

Dana Ullman

Self

Niall McLaren

Self

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