The Selling of DSM : The Rhetoric of Science in Psychiatry Paperback / softback
by Stuart A. Kirk
Part of the Social Problems & Social Issues series
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:280 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:30/06/1992
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- ISBN:9780202304328
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:280 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:30/06/1992
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- ISBN:9780202304328
