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Meet Allan V. Horwitz

Allan V. Horwitz is the Board of Governors and Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University. He is the author of DSM: A History of Psychiatry's Bible, PTSD: A Short History, Anxiety: A Short History, and Creating Mental Illness.

Published Works

Cover of "Darwin's Descendants Evolutionary Theories of Human Behavior & Their Critics" by Allan V. Horwitz, featuring red background, bold text, and torn-paper bird-headed human figure.

Darwin's Descendants

Evolutionary Theories of Human Behavior and Their Critics

Allan V. Horwitz

Publication Date: October 13, 2026

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Personality Disorders

A Short History of Narcissistic, Borderline, Antisocial, and Other Types

Allan V. Horwitz

Publication Date

2023

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DSM

A History of Psychiatry's Bible

Allan V. Horwitz

Publication Date

2021

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PTSD

A Short History

Allan V. Horwitz

Publication Date

2018

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Anxiety

A Short History

Allan V. Horwitz

Publication Date

2013