Allen Frances

Duke University

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Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine; chairman of the DSM-IV task force and author of Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM, is an important book for psychiatrists and their patients.

Will the DSM-5 Redefine Who's Normal and Who's Not?

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