Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam

Movie · 1h 18m

Starring Fred A. Baughman Jr., Richard Bentall, Bart Billings, Moira Dolan

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.