Allen Frances Professions : Psychiatrist Born : 1942 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Allen Frances Mental disorders don't really live 'out there' waiting to be explained. They are constructs we have made up - and often not very compelling ones. Allen Frances disorder waiting made There are no objective tests in psychiatry-no X-ray, laboratory, or exam finding that says definitively that someone does or does not have a mental disorder. Allen Frances rays tests doe Psychiatric diagnosis still relies exclusively on fallible subjective judgments rather than objective biological tests. Allen Frances diagnosis judgment tests Similar Authors Bruce D. Perry psychiatrist Arthur Kleinman psychiatrist Anthony Storr psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard psychiatrist Darold Treffert psychiatrist Daniel Amen psychiatrist All Authors