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Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

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

2011-10-19
7
en 78m
Documentary
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.

Writer

Toby Burwell

Sound Recordist

Cary Butler

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)
  • Church of Scientology

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