"Stijn Vanheule's book...should be read by anyone who works with people with mental disorders such as psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers and care workers." (Rik Loose, 'Stijn Vanheule's Diagnosis and the DSM: A Critical Review'. London: Karnac, 2014)

This book critically evaluates the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Through analysis of the history of psychiatric diagnosis and of the handbook itself, it argues that the DSM-5 has a narrow biomedical approach to mental disorders, and proposes a new contextualizing model of mental health symptoms.