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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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To avoid DSM reification/stigma: No patient "has schizophrenia" or "is schizophrenic"- lazy/misleading/reductionistic terms Proper usage: Patient "meets criteria for schizophrenia" Why? Mental disorders are constructs- not diseases People are so much more than their disorder