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Allen Frances

@AllenFrancesMD

Author 'TWILIGHT OF AMERICAN SANITY, A PSYCHIATRIST ANALYZES THE AGE OF TRUMP'
'SAVING NORMAL'
Chair, DSM-IV Task Force.
Former Chair, Duke Dept of Psychiatry

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Little in DSM/ICD is really new- most psych problems described often in past & human nature pretty stable.

No great need to change DSM/ICD labels in future- most recent changes caused more harm than good.

We needed more understanding of causes & better treatments.

Great quote:

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