Values and psychiatric diagnosis / John Z. Sadler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadler, John Z., 1953-

Series:

International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health personnel--Philosophy.

Mental health personnel.

Values.

Mental illness--Diagnosis--Philosophy.

Mental illness.

Psychiatry--Philosophy.

Psychiatry.

Mental illness--Diagnosis--Moral and ethical aspects.

Psychiatry--Moral and ethical aspects.

Mental illness--Social aspects.

Psychiatry--Social aspects.

Social values.

Psychiatry--ethics.

Mental Disorders--diagnosis.

Mental illness--Diagnosis.

Philosophy.

Medical Subjects:

Psychiatry--ethics.

Mental Disorders--diagnosis.

Physical Description:

xvii, 540 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

The public, mental health consumers, as well as mental health practitioners wonder about what kinds of values mental health professionals hold, and what kinds of values influence psychiatric diagnosis. Are mental disorders socio-political, practical, or scientific concepts? Is psychiatric diagnosis value-neutral? What role does the fundamental philosophical question "How should I live?" play in mental health care? In his carefully nuanced and exhaustively referenced monograph, psychiatrist and philosopher of psychiatry John Z. Sadler describes the manifold kinds of values and value judgements involved in psychiatric diagnosis and classification systems like the DSM. Professor Sadler takes the reader on a fascinating conceptual tour of the inner workings of psychiatric diagnosis, considering the role of science, culture, sexuality, politics, gender, technology, human nature, patienthood, and professions in building his vision of a more humane psychiatric diagnostic process.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-523) and indexes.

ISBN:

0198526377

OCLC:

52696489