Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis |
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Editor:
| Caplan, Paula J. Cosgrove, Lisa |
Foreword by:
| McHugh, Maureen |
Contribution by:
| Ali, Alisha Armstrong, Louise Becker, Dana Bullock, Heather E. Caplan, Emily Julia Cohen, Emily Fish, Vincent Gerrard, Nikki Gibson, Pamela Javed, Nayyar Linder, Meadow Metcalfe, William R. Poland, Jeffrey Profit, Wesley Rabinor, Judith Ruskay Riddle, Bethany Siegel, Rachel Josefowitz |
ISBN: | 978-0-7657-0375-0 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Jason Aronson |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $137.00 |
Book Description:
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Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis is the first book about how gender, race, social class, age, physical disability, and sexual orientation affect the classification of human beings into psychiatric categories. This is a hot topic addressed to the public's right to know, especially because the negative consequences of psychiatric diagnosis range from loss of custody of a child to denial of health insurance and employment to removal of one's right to make decisions about one's legal affairs.
Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis is the first book about how gender, race, social class, age, physical disability, and sexual orientation affect the classification of human beings into psychiatric categories. This is a hot topic addressed to the public's right to know, especially because the negative consequences of psychiatric diagnosis range from loss of custody of a child to denial of health insurance and employment to removal of one's right to make decisions about one's legal affairs.