The DSM: How Psychiatrists Redefine 'Disordered'

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Sat, 02/13/2010 - 11:00

The rhyme and reason behind the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders have always been murky; the book, like our brains, is a huge, complicated beast.


 

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