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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Paula J Caplan |
| ISBN: | 0201407582 : 9780201407587 |
| OCLC Number: | 31375134 |
| Description: | xxiv, 355 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | How do they decide who is normal? -- Whose normality is it, anyway? -- Do mental health professionals think anyone is normal? -- How th American Psychiatric Association decides who is not normal - part I -- How the American Psychiatric Association decides who is not normal - part II -- Delusional dominating personality disorder: "if this sounds discouraging, I'm afraid it is meant to" -- How gatekeeping replace scientific precision -- What motivates the DSM authors? -- Media: the good and the bad -- Where's the harm, and what will help? |
| Responsibility: | Paula J. Caplan. |
Abstract:
How are decisions made about who is normal? As a former consultant to those who construct the "bible of the mental-health professions," the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Paula Caplan offers an insider's look at the process by which decisions about abnormality are made. A longtime specialist in teaching and writing about research methods, Caplan assesses the astonishing extent to which scientific methods and evidence are disregarded as the handbook is developed and revised.
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