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“The best psychiatrists are […] not inventing new diseases in order to medicalize the moderate ailments of the worried well.”

But the worst psychiatrists – and the merely mediocre – and the greedy – are. With hideous effects on our autonomy and our bank accounts.

That’s why, as David Brooks urges, we should regard the DSM with enormous skepticism.

Margaret Soltan, May 28, 2013 1:18PM
Posted in: march of science

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2 Responses to ““The best psychiatrists are […] not inventing new diseases in order to medicalize the moderate ailments of the worried well.””

  1. david foster Says:

    Re the DSM, see:

    The Trouble with Taxonomies

    http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130528171819-110300724-the-trouble-with-taxonomies

  2. Sean O Says:

    We should regard David Brooks with caution too.

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