Preparation

Do the following prior to the next class meeting (in the recommended order).

• Read Bossaller, J. S. (2014). Evidence, not authority: Reconsidering presentation of science for difficult decisions. Reference and User Services Quarterly, 53(3), 232-241. This is our final reading on immunization and anti-vaccination movements. It is a helpful `What then shall we do?’ piece. [PDF]

• Watch Selling Sickness by Fiske and Scott (2004), a film that exposes the unhealthy relationship between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry. [1 hr.] [SWEM Online] [Docuseek]

• Listen to Does the DSM Need a Rethink [Part 1, Episode 6 on Spotify] from the Expanding Brain Podscast hosted by William & Mary alum Akshata Pisharody (@artbyakshata), now a Ph.D. student in Mathematics and Statistics at Washington University in St. Louis. [70 min.]

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Further Reading

Frances, A. (2013). The new crisis of confidence in psychiatric diagnosis. Annals of Internal Medicine, 159(10), 720. [Readings]

The book of woe : the DSM and the unmaking of psychiatry by Gary Greenberg.

Does the DSM Need a Rethink [Part 2, Episode 7 on Spotify] of the Expanding Brain Podscast.