How Australia adopted Americaâs bible of psychiatry
Itâs time for a robust review into how Americaâs mental illness diagnostic manual, which has been fully adopted here, is affecting Australians.
Critics of the American âDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disordersâ say it promotes a âhyper-medicalised modelâ that reduces the complexity of human behaviour to a tick-box list, devoid of empathy.Â
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While Australians may decry the effects of Hollywood, Coca-Cola and McDonaldâs on our culture, most are completely ignorant of the dominant role American psychiatry plays in contemporary Australia, says mental health researcher Dr Martin Whitely.