 | By: Stuart A. Kirk Herb Kutchins Binding: Paperback Publisher: Constable ISBN: 0094797102 ISBN-13: 9780094797109 Released: 16 Aug 1999 RRP: Average Rating:  |
Most importantly, do you choose to refer to the DSM-IV (or earlier editions) to make definitive, scientific diagnoses?
Well, read this book to have your blinkers removed! The authors (a professor of social work & a professor of social care) argue persuasively that a large number of the identified behavioural disorders are defined because of political, social & economic reasons, sometimes with no scientific backing at alll - sometimes even in direct contradiction to scientific evidence available.
This book however is no "anti-psychiatry" rant. Instead, the authors acknowledge the "reality" of mental illness, & the pain & suffering that it causes to many people & their families.
What they do object to is the increasing "medicalisation" of behaviours which never before have been considered "disorders" & which stigmatises the individual AND significantly alters peoples' rights in areas such as the courts & employment.
Don't unthinkingly refer to the DSM in the assumption that it is a valid, scientific resource...read this book & have your assumptions about mental disorders challlenged.
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