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A critical introduction to DSM / Greg Murray, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Psychology research progress series.
- Psychology research progress
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
- Mental illness--Classification.
- Mental illness.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For many mental health professionals, familiarity with the diagnostic system described in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a fundamental competency. There are some major barriers to postgraduate students engaging energetically with the DSM taxonomy and manual. First, trainees often have negative views about the process of diagnosis itself, particularly the biomedical tone of diagnoses in DSM. Second, DSM is a dynamic work in progress but it is difficult for trainees to get a sense of this from the manual. This book overcomes these barriers by introducing an appropriately skeptical view of DSM. This book collates a series of critical review essays focusing on categorization and diagnostic issues related to the currently recognized disorders in DSM.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62081-705-5
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