The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780142180921ISBN-10:142180920UPC:9780142180921Book Category:Psychology, MedicalBook Subcategory:History, Psychopathology, PsychiatrySize:8.50 x 5.60 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCM1QTN2SZ
The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry
"Gary Greenberg has become the Dante of our psychiatric age, and the DSM-5 is his Inferno." --Errol Morris Since its debut in 1952, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has set down the "official" view on what constitutes mental illness. Homosexuality, for instance, was a mental illness until 1973. Each revision has created controversy, but...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780142180921ISBN-10:142180920UPC:9780142180921Book Category:Psychology, MedicalBook Subcategory:History, Psychopathology, PsychiatrySize:8.50 x 5.60 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCM1QTN2SZ
Gary Greenberg is a practicing psychotherapist and author of Manufacturing Depression and The Noble Lie. He has written about the intersection of science, politics, and ethics for many publications, including The New Yorker, Wired, Discover, and Rolling Stone. He is a contributor at Mother Jones, and a contributing editor at Harper's, as well as the recipient of the Erik Erikson Award for mental...
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