The Selling of DSM

The Rhetoric of Science in Psychiatry
1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-202-30431-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Social Problems & Social Issues

When it was first published in 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition—univer-sally known as DSM-III—embodied a radical new method for identifying psychiatric illness. Kirk and Kutchins challenge the general understanding about the research data and the pro-cess that led to the peer acceptance of DSM-III. Their original and controversial reconstruction of that moment concen-trates on how a small group of researchers interpreted their findings about a specific problem—psychiatric reliability—to promote their beliefs about mental illness and to challenge the then-dominant Freudian paradigm.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirk, Stuart A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Psychiatric Diagnosis and the New Bible; The Transformation of Psychiatric Troubles; The Social Control of Error; Making a Manual; A Careful Look at the Field Trials; Reliability and the Remarkable Achievement; The Art of Claim-Making; Securing Diagnostic Turf; The Social Context of Diagnostic Error

Über Autor(innen)

Stuart A. Kirk