The Selling of DSM The Rhetoric of Science in Psychiatry |
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| Author:
| Kirk, Stuart A. |
| Series title: | Social Problems and Social Issues Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-202-30432-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1992 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.