Mental illness does exist

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 28 May 2012 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 344, pages e3536-e3536 (eissn: 1756-1833,

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Authors: Jonathan, Lyons;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3536

pmid: 22641796

Mental illness does exist

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Abstract

Spence lays out several familiar arguments in his critique of the fast approaching Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , fifth edition (DSM-V)—biological reductionism, labelling, and medicalisation as a proxy for capitalist greed.1 I have some sympathy for these arguments and find it interesting that he focuses …

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Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
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Keywords

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Conflict of Interest, Mental Disorders, Humans, Clinical Competence

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