The Book of Woe

Author: Gary Greenberg
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0399158537
Category: Medical

The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry

For more than two years, author and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg has embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental DisordersAthe DSMAthe American Psychiatric Association's compendium of mental illnesses and what Greenberg calls Athe book of woe. Download The Book of Woe medical books for free.

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