DSM I (Google Books ⧉, Amazon ⧉, Bookshop ⧉)

The Sellout

Opening up the DSM I, a holy book of mental disorders so old it defined homosexuality as 'libidinal dylexsia,' he’d point to 'Dissociative Reaction,' then clean his glasses and begin explaining himself slowly, 'Dissociative reaction is like a psychic circuit breaker.