# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/allen-frances
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:10:56.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/allen-frances"
name: "Allen Frances"
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description: "Allen J. Frances is an American psychiatrist. He is currently Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. He is best known for serving as chair of the American Psychiatric Association task force overseeing the development and revision of the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Frances is the founding editor of two well-known psychiatric journals: the Journal of Personality Disorders and the Journal of Psychiatric Practice."
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birthDate: "1942"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump