Shyness How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness

Name: Shyness How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness
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ISBN: 9780300143171

ISBN-10: 0300143176

ISBN-13: 9780300143171

Edition: 2009

Authors: Christopher Lane

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In the 1970s, a small group of leading psychiatrists met behind closed doors and literally rewrote the book on their profession. Revising and greatly expanding theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSMfor short), they turned what had been a thin, spiral-bound handbook into a hefty tome. Almost overnight the number of diagnoses exploded. The result was a windfall for the pharmaceutical industry and a massive conflict of interest for psychiatry at large. This spellbinding book is the first behind-the-scenes account of what really happened and why. With unprecedented access to the American Psychiatric Association archives and previously classified memos from drug company…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 12/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.92" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English