Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry : How Modern Psychiatry Lost Its Way While Creating a Diagnosis for Almost All of Life's Misfortunes.

Cover -- Overdiagnosis In Psychiatry -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Background -- 1 Diagnosis in Psychiatry -- 2 The DSM and Its Discontents -- 3 Overdiagnosis and Over-Treatment -- 4 Science, Philosophy, and Diagnosis -- Part II Categories Most Likely to Be Overdiagnosed -- 5 How Major Is Major Depression? -- 6 Bipolar Disorders -- 7 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder -- 8 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -- 9 Personality and Personality Disorder -- 10 Other Disorders in Which Overdiagnosis Is a Risk -- Part III Diagnosis and Normality -- 11 How Do We Know What Is Normal? -- 12 Where Do We Go From Here? -- References -- Index.

The costs of excessive medical care are becoming increasingly clear across many domains of health. Dr. Joel Paris is uniquely qualified to reveal and explain the potential harms to mental health in Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry: How Modern Psychiatry Lost Its Way While Creating a Diagnosis for Almost All of Life's Misfortunes. Particularly emphasized are the repercussions of the DSM-5 system, and the categories "most likely to be overdiagnosed," including major depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and ADHD.

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