Synopsis
Hilary Henson narrates the program which looks at schizophrenia and how madness is diagnosed.
- Programme: Horizon
- Series: 1983
- Episode: Madness on Trial
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1983
- Psychology | Categorising mental disorders using the ICD and DSM, including cultural biases in diagnosis. | Racial differences in DSM diagnosis using a semi-structured instrument: the importance of clinical judgment in the diagnosis of African Americans.
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