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Update to Psychiatry Bible: Is Sick the New Normal?

A new edition of Psychiatry’s DSM-5 has doctors and scholars exchanging scathing attacks, with potential consequences for patients, insurance companies and courts of law.

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By Warren Olney • May 24, 2013 • 51m Listen

A new edition of what's called the "Bible of Psychiatry" has doctors and scholars exchanging scathing attacks, with potential consequences for patients, insurance companies and courts of law. We hear what the so-called "DSM-5" could mean for a profession that's based more on informed opinion than science. Also, the I-5 bridge collapse north of Seattle, and a Florida girl who's just turned 18 has refused a plea bargain on charges involving her same-sex relationship with a 14-year-old.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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