Bias in psychiatric diagnosis / edited by Paula J. Caplan and Lisa Cosgrove.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caplan, Paula J.

Cosgrove, Lisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Diagnosis--Social aspects.

Mental illness.

Psychodiagnostics--Validity.

Psychodiagnostics.

Discrimination.

Mental Disorders--diagnosis.

Prejudice.

Mental illness--Diagnosis.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Disorders--diagnosis.

Prejudice.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 269 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Jason Aronson, [2004]

Summary:

Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis is the first book about how gender, race, social class, age, physical disability, and sexual orientation affect the classification of human beings into psychiatric categories. This is a hot topic addressed to the public's right to know, especially because the negative consequences of psychiatric diagnosis range from loss of custody of a child to denial of health insurance and employment to removal of one's right to make decisions about one's legal affairs.

Contents:

Is this really necessary? / Paula J. Caplan, Lisa Cosgrove

Construction of illness / Meadow Linder

Deep structure of bias in psychiatric diagnosis / Jeffrey Poland, Paula J. Caplan

Creating post-traumatic stress disorder: a case study of the history, sociology, and politics of psychiatric classification / Meadow Linder

Abnormal psychology textbooks exclude feminist criticism of the DSM / Autumn Wiley

Psychiatric diagnosis in the legal system / Emily J. Caplan

Bias and subjectivity in diagnosing mental retardation in death penalty cases / Paula J. Caplan

What is it that's being called "Parental Alienation Syndrome"? / Paula J. Caplan

Intersection of racism and sexism in psychiatric diagnosis / Alisha Ali

Clinical cases and the intersection of sexism and racism / Nayyar Javed

Should racism be classified as a mental illness? / Wesley E. Profit

Ageism in psychiatric diagnosis / Rachel Josefowitz Siegel

Psychiatric policing of children / Louis Armstrong

Confusing terms and false dichotomies in learning disabilities / Paula J. Caplan

Diagnosis of low-income women / Heather E. Bullock

Seeking "normal" sexuality on a complex matrix / William R. Metcalfe, Paula J. Caplan

Gender bias and sex distribution of mental disorders in the DSM-IV-TR / Lisa Cosgrove, Bethany Riddle.

Mislabeling anxiety and depression in rural women / Nikki Gerrard

Bias and schizophrenia / Jeffrey Poland

Truth about "False Memory Syndrome" / Karen A. Olio

Reclaiming the meanings of "self-esteem" / Nayyar Javed, Nikki Gerrard

Agoraphobia / Maureen McHugh, Lisa Cosgrove

Depression in women / Sarah McSweeney

"Eating-disordered" patient / Judith R. Rabinor

Fine line between clinical and subclinical anorexia / Emily Cohen

Histrionic personality / Pamela Reed Gi bson

Post-traumatic stress disorder / Dana Becker

Some gender biases in diagnosing traumatized women / Vincent Fish

Medicalizing menstrual distress / Lisa Cosgrove, Paula J. Caplan

New view of women's sexual problems / The Working Group on a New View of Women's Sexual Problems

Resisting diagnosis / Gloria Anthony

Importance of critical inquiry / Lisa Cosgrove

Some future contenders / Paula J. Caplan, Wesley E. Profit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765700018

0765703750

9780765703750

OCLC:

54826379

Publisher Number:

99961346887