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DSM : a history of psychiatry's bible / Allan V. Horwitz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horwitz, Allan V., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
- United States.
- Mental Disorders--classification.
- Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
- Psychiatry--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- Medical Subjects:
- United States.
- Mental Disorders--classification.
- Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
- Psychiatry--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 21st Century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- This comprehensive treatment should appeal to not only specialists but anyone who is interested in how diagnoses of mental illness have evolved over the past seven decades--from unwanted and often imposed labels to resources that lead to valued mental health treatments and social services.
- Contents:
- Diagnosing Mental Illness
- The Initial DSMs
- The Path to a Diagnostic Revolution
- The DSM-III
- The DSM-IIIR and DSM-IV
- The DSM-5's Failed Revolution
- The DSM as a Social Creation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-4070-9
- 1421440709
- 9781421440705
- OCLC:
- 1250598716
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