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The Diagnostic System: Why the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, and Never Settled

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780231544597
DOI
10.7312/schn17806
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1595144 bytes)
Pages
368\360
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 22:11:37

Description

The sociologist Jason Schnittker looks at the multiple actors involved in crafting the DSM and the many interests that the manual hopes to serve. The Diagnostic System urges us to become comfortable with the socially constructed nature of categorization and accept that a perfect taxonomy of mental-health disorders will remain elusive.

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