The Selling of DSM

The Selling of DSM
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Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 0202304329
ISBN-13 : 9780202304328
Rating : 4/5 (328 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Selling of DSM by : Stuart A. Kirk

Download or read book The Selling of DSM written by Stuart A. Kirk and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it was first published in 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition--univer­sally 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 pro­cess that led to the peer acceptance of DSM-III. Their original and controversial reconstruction of that moment concen­trates 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.


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