Wrangling over psychiatry's bible

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Wrangling over psychiatry's bible

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-lane16-2008nov16,0,1940730.story
Christopher Lane
11/16/2008

Over the summer, a wrangle between eminent psychiatrists that had been
brewing for months erupted in print. Startled readers of Psychiatric News saw the spectacle unfold in the journal's normally less-dramatic pages. The bone of contention: whether the next revision of America's psychiatric bible, the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," should be done openly and transparently so mental health professionals and the public could follow along, or whether the debates should be held in secret.