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They Say You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal (Paperback)

by Paula J. Caplan (Author) "If we allow others to decide whether or not we are normal, we lose the power to define, to judge, and, often, to respect ourselves..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 382 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc (12 Feb 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0201488329
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201488326
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.7 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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A shocking expose of the process by which the mental-health elite judge us all.. How are decisions made about who is normal? As a former consultant to those who construct the bible of the mental-health professions, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Paula Caplan offers and insiders look at the process by which decisions about abnormality are made. Cutting through the professional psycho-babble, Caplan clearly assesses the astonishing extent to which scientific methods and evidence are disregarded as the handbook is developed. A must read for consumers and practitioners of the mental-health establishment, which through its creation of potentially damaging interpretations and labels, has the power to alter our lives in devastating ways.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for all psychology students., 3 Mar 1999
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This review is from: They Say You'RE Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal (Hardcover)
A well-researched, inside view of how psychological diagnoses are created. Paula Caplan, an APA "Eminent Psychologist", clearly explains the pitfalls and dangers inherent in the process, and the implications for the lives of millions of clients.
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4.0 out of 5 stars They Say Women are Crazy, 10 Jan 2009
By Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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Paula J. Caplan's book They Say You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal questions the validity of the DSM. Although psychiatrists claim that their manual is based on science, this is not always the case. Dr. Caplan describes how psychiatrists that decide who is normal "...too often slot people into categories for politically, economically, and emotionally charged reasons while pretending that they are operating in a solidly scientific way" (p. 34).

Caplan is a clinical psychologist and a feminist that criticizes mental disorders that are specifically for women. Regardless of the author's motivation for fighting these "disorders" and speaking out against them, she exposes many startling aspects of psychiatry. Disorders are voted into existence with little or no empirical evidence. Caplan comments on the DSM:

"To the untutored eye, and even to many mental health personnel, the DSM appears grounded in science, although many features that give this impression turn out on inspection to provide only a veneer of scientific sheen rather than genuine, carefully supported research. (p.186)"

Perhaps the most interesting parts of the book were where the author describes her personal experience working with the DSM committees for PMDD and SDPD. However, it is not much of a story because the committees did not really want her involvement, and left her out of most of the process. This aspect of the book is a unique contribution to the works of DSM criticism.
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