The Recommended Dose ep 02: Allen Frances

Described as one of world's most prominent psychiatrists, Dr Allen Frances recently made the controversial claim that 'Donald Trump isn't mad, we are'. In this episode, he shares the thinking behind this now infamous statement that attracted both praise and condemnation from mental health professionals and media around the globe. He also talks to Ray about the influential psychiatric manual of mental disorders, the DSM-5. Once a major author of the manual, now he's become one of its loudest critics - claiming that ever-expanding disease and disorder definitions are turning more and more of our ordinary lives into mental illness.

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