Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: October 19, 2011
Original language: English
Production: Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)
Cast: Jonathan Emord,Moira Dolan,Dana Ullman,Fred A. Baughman Jr.,Jeffrey Schaler,Richard Bentall,Colin Ross,Bart Billings,Niall McLaren
Writer: Toby Burwell
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt2164516