The Diagnostic System

Why The Classification Of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, And Never Settled

by Jason (Professor, University Of Pennsylvania) Schnittker
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Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, August of 2017 ‧
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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.

The Diagnostic System

Why The Classification Of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, And Never Settled

by Jason (Professor, University Of Pennsylvania) Schnittker

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ISBN: 9780231178068
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: August of 2017
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Format: Book
Collection: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780231178068