Overdiagnosis in psychiatry how modern psychiatry lost its way while creating a diagnosis for almost all of life's misfortunes / Joel Paris, MD.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Paris, Joel, 1940- author.

Contributor:

• Oxford University Press.
• Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mental illness--Diagnosis.
• Diagnostic errors.

Physical Description:

• 1 online resource (xxi, 216 pages)
• polychrome

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

• Diagnosis in psychiatry
• DSM and its discontents
• Over-diagnosis and overtreatment
• Science, philosophy and diagnosis
• How "major" is major depression?
• The boundaries of bipolarity
• PTSD and trauma
• ADHD and attention
• Personality and personality disorder
• Other disorders in which over-diagnosis is a risk
• Transdiagnostic approaches
• The rise of aggressive psychopharmacology
• How do we know what is normal?
• Where do we go from here?

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.
• Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 21, 2020).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version Paris, Joel, 1940- Overdiagnosis in psychiatry

ISBN:

• 9780197504307
• 0197504302
• 9780197504291
• 0197504299

Publisher Number:

99985369803

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

The Samuel Bellet Book Fund Home Page