The inside story of the process by which the mental-health elite judge us all How are decisions made about who is normal? As a former consultant to those who construct the "bible of the mental-health professions," the DSM ( Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ), Paula Caplan offers and insider's look at the process by which decisions about abnormality are made. Cutting through the professional psycho-babble, Caplan clearly assesses the astonishing extent to which scientific methods and evidence are disregarded as the handbook is developed. A must read for consumers and practitioners of the mental-health establishment, which through its creation of potentially damaging interpretations and labels, has the power to alter our lives in devastating ways.