Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

Oct 19, 2011

1h 18m

★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)

Church of Scientology

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Fred A. Baughman Jr.

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Richard Bentall

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Bart Billings

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Moira Dolan

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Jonathan Emord

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Colin Ross

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Jeffrey Schaler

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Dana Ullman

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Niall McLaren

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