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Shyness : how normal behavior became a sickness /

Discusses the effects of expanding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)'s fourth edition on the psychiatric community, pharmaceutical companies and the nation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lane, Christopher, 1966-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Bashfulness.
Anxiety.
Social phobia.
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
American Psychiatric Association.
Psychotropic drugs industry.
Shyness > United States.
Mental Disorders > diagnosis > United States.
Psychiatry > trends > United States.
Description
Summary:Discusses the effects of expanding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)'s fourth edition on the psychiatric community, pharmaceutical companies and the nation.
Physical Description:263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300124460 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300124465 (cloth : alk. paper)