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Allen Frances, M.D., was chair of the DSM-IV Task Force and of the department of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. He is currently professor emeritus at Duke.
(8 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 31, 2012 DSM-5 Field Trials Discredit the American Psychiatric Association
The $3 million DSM-5 Field Trials have been a pure disaster from start to finish.
The DSM-5 field trial fiasco and its attempted cover-up is more proof that APA has lost its competence and credibility as custodian for DSM. A diagnostic system that affects so many crucial decisions in our society cannot be left to a small professional association whose work is profit driven, lacking in scientific integrity...