Iowa View: Psychiatric diagnosis isn't whole story
DesMoinesRegister.com Perhaps you've heard the recent announcement by the American Psychiatric Association that the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is now a reality. Over the years, I have grown ambivalent about diagnosis in the ... |
Imagine for a moment that the American Psychiatric Association was about to compile a new edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. But instead of 2013, imagine, just for fun, that the year is 1880.
Now that we've laid out some foundational issues, this seems a good time to go back to the DSM and finish constructing our deconstruction. Various categories of psychiatric diagnosis present quite different sets of issues.
An Insider's Revolt against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life by Allen Frances William Morrow, 2013. Review by Christian Perring Jun 4th 2013 (Volume 17, Issue 23). Reading ...
(NaturalNews) The American Psychiatric Association (APA) recently released the latest edition of itsDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, also known as DSM-5, which the psychiatricprofession will use as a...
In a move with implications for every American, the American Psychiatric Association's new Diagnosticand Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders takes obfuscation and euphemistic language to a whole new level, calling ...
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