They Say You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780201488326)

The inside story of the process by which the mental-health elite judge us all

How are decisions made about who is normal? As a former consultant to those who construct the "bible of the mental-health professions," the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Paula Caplan offers and insider's look at the process by which decisions about abnormality are made. Cutting through the professional psycho-babble, Caplan clearly assesses the astonishing extent to which scientific methods and evidence are disregarded as the handbook is developed. A must read for consumers and practitioners of the mental-health establishment, which through its creation of potentially damaging interpretations and labels, has the power to alter our lives in devastating ways.

Author: Paula J. Caplan
ISBN-10: 0201488329
ISBN-13: 9780201488326
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Language: English
Published: 03/04/1996
Pages: 382
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.56w x 0.85d