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DSM : a history of psychiatry's bible / Allan V. Horwitz.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421440705
Other title:
  • Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RC454 .D76 2021
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The DSM-I and DSM-II -- The path to a diagnostic revolution -- The DSM-III -- The DSM-III-R and DSM-IV -- The DSM-5's failed revolution -- The DSM as a social creation.
Subject: "This book tells a history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), known as "psychiatry's bible." It has been at the center of thinking about mental health in the United States since it was first published in 1952. The author covers its various editions and their cultural and political effects"--
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Diagnosing mental illness -- The DSM-I and DSM-II -- The path to a diagnostic revolution -- The DSM-III -- The DSM-III-R and DSM-IV -- The DSM-5's failed revolution -- The DSM as a social creation.

"This book tells a history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), known as "psychiatry's bible." It has been at the center of thinking about mental health in the United States since it was first published in 1952. The author covers its various editions and their cultural and political effects"--

Includes bibliographies and index.

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