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by sharkweek 355 days ago
I’m about to start grad school to get my clinical mental health counseling licensure, and Amazon has multiple fake/counterfeit DSM-5s (basically the holy grail of recognized mental disorders and their insurance billing codes) on it, so much in fact that my program director mentioned the Amazon problem in the orientation.

So I’ll add “if you need to guarantee the accuracy of the information in whatever you’re buying… avoid Amazon as well”
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GuB-42 355 days ago
What is a "fake DSM-5"? It is a book, anyone can copy it, legally or not.

Why would someone go out of their way to produce different content if they are going to violate intellectual property anyways, be it trademarks or copyright?

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sharkweek 355 days ago
Sorry, counterfeit is more accurate (edited original comment) - director mentioned a number of previous students who ordered their copy from Amazon and got DSM 4s or copies missing huge sections of diagnostic criteria, etc.
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