Documentary · United States of America · 2011 · 1h 18m

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

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Director
Cast
Fred A. Baughman Jr. as Self Richard Bentall as Self Bart Billings as Self Moira Dolan as Self Jonathan Emord as Self Colin Ross as Self
Crew
Toby Burwell — Writer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
mental healthdsmpsychiatric diagnosispatient rightsdisorder inflation
Key Collaborators
Toby Burwell Writer
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