. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Considerato dagli psichiatri di tutto il mondo il testo imprescindibile di riferimento, il DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), pubblicato dalla American Psychiatric Association e tradotto in decine di lingue, è la fonte primaria che definisce il limite tra ciò che è normale e ciò che è patologico in relazione alla psiche. Passato attraverso quattro edizioni, il manuale è giunto ora alla quinta stesura, il DSM-5, ma questa volta la pubblicazione ha scatenato feroci e allarmanti polemiche. A capo dei critici più agguerriti si trova Allen Frances, l'autore di questo libro, scienziato autorevole e psichiatra tra i più apprezzati, che sa bene di cosa parla, dal momento che proprio lui aveva diretto la redazione del precedente DSM-IV. Secondo la sua analisi, precisa e convincente, la nuova edizione del manuale diagnostico rischia di fare più male che bene. L'impostazione del volume allarga infatti a tal punto lo spettro delle patologie psichiche da lasciare ben poco spazio alla \"normalità\", che quasi scompare. Siamo tutti malati: un regalo alle industrie degli psicofarmaci e una resa di fronte alla crescente medicalizzazione della società, divenuta sempre meno capace di gestire serenamente fenomeni comuni, che sono sempre esistiti, come il lutto, l'invecchiamento o la naturale vivacità dei giovani. Si moltiplicano invece le diagnosi di patologie per ogni comportamento, perdendo in questo modo la visione pluralista dell'universo psichico." . "Saving normal"@it . "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." . "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."@en . . . . "Saving normal an insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, big pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life"@en . . "Primo, non curare chi è normale : contro l'invenzione delle malattie"@it . "Primo, non curare chi è normale : contro l'invenzione delle malattie" . "Saving normal : an insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, big pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life"@en . . . . . . . . "Terug naar normaal : inside informatie over de epidemie van psychische stoornissen, DSM-5, Big Pharma en de medicalisering van het dagelijks leven" . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . "Sommes-nous tous des malades mentaux ?" . . . . . "In this book the author, a psychiatrist, makes a critique of the widespread medicalization of normality. He 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. Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. These challenges are a normal part of being human, and they should not be treated as psychiatric disease. However, today millions of people who are really no more than \"worried well\" are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and are receiving unnecessary treatment. Here the author warns that mislabeling everyday problems as mental illness has shocking implications for individuals and society: stigmatizing a healthy person as mentally ill leads to unnecessary, harmful medications, the narrowing of horizons, misallocation of medical resources, and draining of the budgets of families and the nation. We also shift responsibility for our mental well-being away from our own naturally resilient and self-healing brains, which have kept us sane for hundreds of thousands of years, and into the hands of \"Big Pharma,\" who are reaping multi-billion-dollar profits. He cautions that the new edition of the \"bible of psychiatry,\" the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5), will turn our current diagnostic inflation into hyperinflation by converting millions of \"normal\" people into \"mental patients.\"" . . . "In this book the author, a psychiatrist, makes a critique of the widespread medicalization of normality. He 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. Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. These challenges are a normal part of being human, and they should not be treated as psychiatric disease. However, today millions of people who are really no more than \"worried well\" are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and are receiving unnecessary treatment. Here the author warns that mislabeling everyday problems as mental illness has shocking implications for individuals and society: stigmatizing a healthy person as mentally ill leads to unnecessary, harmful medications, the narrowing of horizons, misallocation of medical resources, and draining of the budgets of families and the nation. We also shift responsibility for our mental well-being away from our own naturally resilient and self-healing brains, which have kept us sane for hundreds of thousands of years, and into the hands of \"Big Pharma,\" who are reaping multi-billion-dollar profits. He cautions that the new edition of the \"bible of psychiatry,\" the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5), will turn our current diagnostic inflation into hyperinflation by converting millions of \"normal\" people into \"mental patients.\" Alarmingly, in DSM-5, normal grief will become \"Major Depressive Disorder\"; the forgetting seen in old age is \"Mild Neurocognitive Disorder\"; temper tantrums are \"Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder\"; worrying about a medical illness is \"Somatic Symptom Disorder\"; gluttony is \"Binge Eating Disorder\"; and most of us will qualify for adult \"Attention Deficit Disorder.\" What's more, all of these newly invented conditions will worsen the cruel paradox of the mental health industry: those who desperately need psychiatric help are left shamefully neglected, while the \"worried well\" are given the bulk of the treatment, often at their own detriment. Charting the history of psychiatric fads throughout history, the author argues that whenever we arbitrarily label another aspect of the human condition a \"disease,\" we further chip away at our human adaptability and diversity, dulling the full palette of what is normal and losing something fundamental of ourselves in the process.-- From book jacket."@en . . . . . "Classification"@en . "Classification" . . . "Frances 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 --"@en . . "Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, Dsm-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinar" . . . . . . . . "Saving normal : an insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life" . "Saving Normal : an insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, big pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life"@en . . . . "Saving Normal : an insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life"@en . . "Sommes-nous tous des malades mentaux ? le normal et le pathologique" . . . . . . "Insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life"@en . . . . . . "Psychiatry - General." . . "United States." . . "United States" . "Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux." . . "Cloth or Hardcover." . . "Mental Health." . . "Mental Disorders." . . "Mental Disorders diagnosis United States" . . "Personnalité, Troubles de la." . . "Mental illness Diagnosis Social aspects." . . "Mental Disorders classification United States" . . "Psychiatrie classification." . . "Psychiatrie." . . "Psychische stoornissen." . . "Psychiatrie tendances." . . "Maladies mentales Diagnostic." . . "Diagnosi psichiatrica." . . "Mental illness Classification Social aspects." . . "Diagnostica psichiatrica." . . "Psychodiagnostiek." . . "Mental illness Diagnosis." . . "Mental illness Diagnosis" . "Psychodiagnostic." . . "Psychiatrie États-Unis." . . "Psychiatry United States." . . "Psychiatry United States" . "Maladies mentales." . . "Nosologie." . . "Psicopatie - Classificazione." . . "Maladie mentale." . . "Psychology." . . "Mental illness Classification." . . "Psychiatry." . . "Psychiatry" . "Mental illness." . . "Mental illness" . "Troubles mentaux classification." . . "Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders." . . "Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders" . "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders." . "Maladies mentales Classification." . . . .