"Dr. Paris is a psychiatrist who knows his onions and so can make you weep. He weeps at the failure to recognize strengths in people rather than weaknesses, and after reading his book we should all gain from one of its key sentences 'it would probably be better to define mental health, not as happiness, but as resilience in the face of adversity'." - Peter Tyrer, Professor of Community Psychiatry, Centre for Mental Health, Imperial College, London "Most discussions of diagnosis focus on problems with missed diagnoses or misdiagnosis. Dr. Paris does the field a great favor by focusing on the problem of overdiagnosis, and showing how it is as great a problem as underdiagnosis." - Mark Zimmerman, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI "Too much medicine can be bad for your health- over-diagnosis and over-treatment are now serious public health problems. Dr Paris has provided an important pebble in the David vs Goliath battle to contain the medical-industrial complex.

" - Allen Frances, Professor Emeritus and former Chair Duke University and author of Saving Normal "Dr. Joel Paris has written a wonderfully provocative book that will irritate some readers and delight others. With opinions based on his many years working in the trenches, Dr. Paris points out the problems of overdiagnosis, misdiagnose, and diagnostic epidemics that have been fueled in part by overenthusiasm for the DSM. Written in an accessible style, this book is bound to become a classic in the field." - Donald W. Black, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A.

Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA "Dr. Joel Paris's book is the one book you must read to understand why psychiatry, in the midst of the most optimistic period in its history, is stumbling badly due to its disregard of the most basic medical distinction of all, the distinction between normality and pathology." - Jerome C. Wakefield, PhD, DSW, Professor of Social Work, and Professor of Psychiatry (Professor of the Conceptual Foundations of Psychiatry), New York University, New York, NY "I would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in psychiatry and, in particular, concerned about the pathologizing of normality. " -- Brett C. Plyler, M.D., Doody's.