When diagnosis becomes deception—unmasking the billion-dollar industry behind the DSM.
Release Date: 2011-10-19
Rating:7.0 / 10(1 votes)
Status: Released
Genres: Documentary
Runtime: 78 min
Writer: Toby Burwell
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.
