Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), Church of Scientology
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam on the Web:Official Website
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam
"When diagnosis becomes deception—unmasking the billion-dollar industry behind the DSM."Movie
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WriterToby Burwell
1 hr 18 minDocumentary
Plot
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.