Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

Name: Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-10-19
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Fred A. Baughman Jr., Richard Bentall, Bart Billings, Moira Dolan, Jonathan Emord

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

7.0 (1)2011-10-191h 18m

Documentary

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.