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The DSM Misses the Mark: IPNB Offers a Humane and Scientific Understanding of Mental Health

Some trauma experts have said that if the psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) acknowledged trauma, it would be a very thin volume because virtually everything else would fall beneath it. But from an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) … Continue reading

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The DSM is Bunk: IPNB Offers a Humane and Scientific Understanding of Mental Health

Some trauma experts have said that if the psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) acknowledged trauma, it would be a very thin volume because virtually everything else would fall beneath it. But from an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) … Continue reading

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The DSM As a Mirror: Diagnosing the Pathology of Psychiatry  

If psychiatry were a human being and we used its own Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) to diagnose its behavior, here’s what might show up on the chart: Narcissistic Personality Disorder (301.81) Criteria met? Oh, absolutely. Psychiatry displays: A grandiose … Continue reading

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