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Relationship Disorders
Guests:

Michael First
* Editor of most recent edition of DSM - Diagnostic Manual for Psychiatric Disorders
* Associate Professor of Clinica Psychiatry - Columbia University

Darrel Regier
* Director of research Division of the APA - American Psychiatric Association

Peter Kramer
* Clinical Professor of Psyichiatry and Human Behaviour - Brown University
* Author of Should You Leave? A Psychiatrist Explores Intimacy and Autonomy and the nature of Advice

Feeling a little sick of your family? Maybe you should go to the doctor. Some psychiatrists are pushing for a new diagnosis to explain problem relationships in families. It's called relational disorder ... but Is it an illness, or just a fact of life?

Relationship Disorders

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Relationship Disorders

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Guests:

Michael First
* Editor of most recent edition of DSM - Diagnostic Manual for Psychiatric Disorders
* Associate Professor of Clinica Psychiatry - Columbia University

Darrel Regier
* Director of research Division of the APA - American Psychiatric Association

Peter Kramer
* Clinical Professor of Psyichiatry and Human Behaviour - Brown University
* Author of Should You Leave? A Psychiatrist Explores Intimacy and Autonomy and the nature of Advice

Feeling a little sick of your family? Maybe you should go to the doctor. Some psychiatrists are pushing for a new diagnosis to explain problem relationships in families. It's called relational disorder ... but Is it an illness, or just a fact of life?

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