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Jodi Arias, the South African Archbishop and “Mental Illness”

by Harper West | Mar 18, 2013 | DSM

Thank you, psychiatrists and the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)! Your arbitrary and unscientific medicalizing of immoral behaviors has brought us to this point. Catholic archbishops can rationalize and excuse the repeated sexual...

Fear is not a Mental Disorder: Or What is Really Wrong with the DSM

by Harper West | Feb 25, 2013 | DSM, Uncategorized

As the American Psychiatric Association (APA) prepares to publish the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in May 2013, there has been considerable debate about the changes in this document. Client advocacy groups and...
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