The Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5); Or the Book of Fraud, by the American Psychiatric Association

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics, a quote attributed to Mark Twain. The American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 does not qualify for damned lies. It lands six levels below that into the territory of bloody fraud. The group did not even bother to adhere to the fraudulent statistics part of the title.

An Open Letter to:

Vivian B. Pender, MD and Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD: American Psychiatric Association (APA)

Francis S. Collins — Joshua A. Gordon, MD., Ph. D.: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

US Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA

US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra

Center for Medicare Services Office of the Inspector General, Principal Deputy Inspector General Christi Grimm

CDC Director, Rochelle Walensky

James L. Madara, MD, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Vice President: American Medical Association (AMA)

Daniel H. Gillison, Jr., Chief Executive Officer: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)