Psychiatry re-examined

 

The so called psychiatrists bible, is deeply flawed argues U.S. psychotherapist Gary Greenberg. 

In his scathing examination of the leading manual of mental health classification, the DSM, he says that the politics behind it has caused the diagnosis rates of autism, ADHD and bi polar disorder to skyrocket.  

He challenges the status quo of modern psychiatric practice and suggests that it has become impossible to differentiate mental illness from everyday suffering.  

In this program we consider the future of psychiatry.  

Psychiatry Re-examined, click on podcast below

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2013/10/aim_20131020.mp3