Medicine: Insanity & the Law
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What the Changes to the DSM Mean
The attempt to catalog all the ways that Americans can go crazy dates at least to 1840, when the Census included a question on “idiocy/insanity.” From those two simple categories, we now have more than 300 separate disorders; they are listed in a 943-page book called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM for short.
Insane on All Counts
After torturous deliberations, a jury acquits John Hinckley “As to the first count, not guilty, by reason of insanity.” There was a gasp in the courtroom.
Helicopter Parents: The Backlash Against Overparenting
The insanity crept up on us slowly; we just wanted what was best for our kids.