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The diagnosis of mental illness needs its own therapy

Three books examine the painful birth of the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – and the flaws behind it

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Extreme therapy: Inside a hospital for dangerous minds

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Web of autism genes pinpoints key players

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Mindscapes: The man who needs to paralyse himself

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Rise of the autistic workforce

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Mindscapes: First interview with a dead man

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Mental disorders affect 1 in 5 US children each year

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Suicidal behaviour is a disease, psychiatrists argue

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Consciousness: What we can learn from altered states

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Genes in the brain keep bad time when we are depressed

Brain cells turn out to have a timetable for genetic activity, just like cells elsewhere – but this pattern is out of sync in people with depression

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Mindscapes: Stroke turned ex-con into rhyming painter

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Psychological path to recovery for Cleveland captives

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Drug for autism makes people more sociable

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How a scientific DSM will transform psychiatry