Criticism of the DSM began to coalesce in the 1990s, with Stuart Kirk and Herb Kutchins's "The Selling of DSM" (1992) and "Making UsCrazy" (1997), as well as Paula Caplan's "They Say You're Crazy" (1996).
Doing so drives him crazy, for one thing, and it prevents us from rushing in and making ill-advised deals with the crafty ruler, something we have done all too often in the past.