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Feeding the illness industry machine thanks to DSM5
Monday, August 27th, 2012
18 August 2012
The medicalization of everyday life is progressing with astonishing speed… Habitually, the DSM volumes lead to over-diagnosing and over-prescribing. Grief, for instance, receives special DSM attention. Humanity traditionally regards sorrow as a part of life but in the DSM it indicates depression… It’s been credibly estimated that in the U.S. about 80% of drugs for mood disorders are prescribed by non-psychiatrists, usually GPs.
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