Since 1980, diagnostic taxonomies like the DSM and the ICD have reflected the interests of insurance companies, pharmaceutical corporations, governmental cost-cutters, and some academics, rather than the needs of patients and clinicians, and reducing psychological suffering in the most humane and effective ways. In this 1hr 22min video, eminent Clinical Psychologist Dr. McWilliams puts the DSM and ICD classifications in historical context, mentioning several alternative diagnostic approaches, and emphasizing with examples, the clinical value of a dimensional, inferential, contextual understanding of personality and psychopathology.