DSM5 in Distress
The DSM's impact on mental health practice and research
Allen J Frances M.D.
So you're not a "10" in every which way. But you're probably pretty spectacular in some way, and definitely good enough in most areas of life. If ever there were a time to stop beating yourself up for being human, it is now.
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Allen Frances, M.D., was the chair of the DSM-IV Task Force and is currently a professor emeritus at Duke.