{"id":64,"date":"2026-04-26T00:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthropora.com\/?p=64"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:07:56","slug":"psychiatry-big-pharma-exposed-dr-james-davies-phd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthropora.com\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Psychiatry &amp; Big Pharma: Exposed &#8211; Dr James Davies, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psychiatry &amp; Big Pharma: Exposed - Dr James Davies, PhD\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Nd40Uy6tbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first part of this lecture, Dr. James Davies takes us behind the scenes of how the DSM, the psychiatrist\u2019s bible, was actually written. 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