Diagnostic system lacks validity

Psychiatric diagnostic manuals such as the DSM and ICD (chapter 5) are not works of objective science, but rather works of culture since they have largely been developed through clinical consensus and voting. Their validity and clinical utility is therefore highly questionable, yet their influence has contributed to an expansive medicalisation of human experience.

Below is a short PDF summary of the research supporting this unrecognised fact. You may freely download and share this article.

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