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Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam (2011)

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam (2011)

Documentary

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

Release Date: 2011, October 19
Countries: United States of America
Production: Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), Church of Scientology
Cast: Fred A. Baughman Jr., Richard Bentall, Bart Billings, Moira Dolan, Jonathan Emord, Colin Ross, Jeffrey Schaler, Dana Ullman, Niall McLaren

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.

Keywords:

mental health dsm psychiatric diagnosis patient rights disorder inflation