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Criticisms on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

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Answer the Questions down below
1.Why is Davies (2013) critical of the DSM? and your answer
2.Why does Kaysen (1993) think that the diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder are unfair, or that the criteria did not apply to her? and your answer
3.Why does Benedict think that “… the apparent weakness of the aberrant is most often and in great measure illusory” (1934, 278)? and your answer
If a question has more than one possible answer, choose just one answer to focus on. Make sure to clearly state and concentrate your answer for each question.
Write your answers below, in 12pt Times New Roman font, double spaced.
You do not need to cite the texts. However, you can use citations to strengthen and clarify your responses.
Since each answers are no more than 100 words, do not cite or paraphrase long passages from the text.
If you cite a text, provide an in-text citation including the author’s last name, the year of publication, and, if you cite a specific part of the text, the page numbers you are referring to.
You will be graded based on how well your responses:
Answer the questions thoughtfully, demonstrating understanding of the text.
Answer the questions completely and fully.
Where appropriate, cite the texts to support your answer.
PLEASE WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORD, THIS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO TURNITIN,THANK YOU

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Davies (2013) is critical of the DSM because of its controversy and pseudo-science inducements that inspire its psychiatric recommendations. According to Davies (2013), modern psychiatry indicates that at least four people in the United Kingdom and the United States are likely to have developmental disorders in any period of the year. These statistics from modern psychiatry are not factual as these people are not likely to develop mental illnesses, according to credible scientific journals. The misinformation given by the psychiatric industry makes Davies critical because the industry is becoming more prominent each day. Through selling mission formation, the DSM psychiatric industry sells prescribed psychiatric antidepressant medicines to over 47 million UK citizens every year, according to Davies (2013). Another element criticized by Davies is the "Medicalization" of the ordinary day-to-day suffering of the people. The psychiatric industry responsible for the creation of DSM has made the daily economic and social issues medical issues that need prescribed medication.
Question 2
Kaysen (1993) thinks that the diagnostic cr...
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