Allen Frances was a huge influence on my thinking, but this is one topic in particular where I think my own views have diverged greatly from his over time. DSM is actually a very conservative document & what is specified in the DSM falls short of the real-world range of psy-problems clinicians see.
Reposted from Chris Aiken, MD
Allen Frances helped create DSM-IV. In this podcast he takes on the manual's diagnostic overreach:
www.thecarlatreport.com/blogs/2-the-...

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