01712cam a2200301 4500 139455706 TxAuBib 20130614120000.0 121022s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062229250 $27.99 0062229257 $27.99 (OCoLC)813929684 TxAuBib Frances, Allen, 1942- Saving normal [ANF] : an insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life / Allen Frances. 1st ed. New York, NY : William Morrow, 2013. xx, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographic references (p. [289]-304) and index. Part I. Normality under siege. What's normal and what's not? ; From shaman to shrink ; Diagnostic inflation -- Part II. Psychiatric fads can be bad for your health. Fads of the past ; Fads of the present ; Fads of the future -- Part III. Getting back to normal. Taming diagnostic inflation ; The smart consumer ; The worst and the best of psychiatry. Francis argues that the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders threatens to destroy what is considered normal and that grief, sorrow, stress, disappointment, and other feelings are part of life, not a psychiatric disease. 20130614. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 5th ed. Mental illness Classification. Mental illness Diagnosis. Psychiatry United States. TXGPL