Film
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam
2011 · 1h 18m · Documentary
When diagnosis becomes deception—unmasking the billion-dollar industry behind the DSM.
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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.
Cast
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
Crew
- Toby BurwellWriter
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 19, 2011
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Rated
- M
- Genres
- Documentary
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