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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Derek Bolton |
| ISBN: | 0198565925 9780198565925 |
| OCLC Number: | 174094316 |
| Description: | xxviii, 303 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The current diagnostic manuals : aims, methods, and questions -- The sciences on mental order/disorder and related concepts : normality, meaning, natural and social norms -- Mental disorder and human nature -- Clinical definition : distress, disability and the need to treat -- Boundaries and terminology in flux -- Some conclusions. |
| Series Title: | International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry. |
| Responsibility: | Derek Bolton. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
With a new edition of the 'bibles' of psychiatric diagnosis - the ICD and DSM - under development, it is timely to take a step back and evaluate how we diagnose and define mental disorder. This new book by Derek Bolton tackles the problems involved in the definition and boundaries of mental disorder.
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This book provides an excellent discussion and philosophical critique of the use of the term 'mental disorder'...this book will be useful to the inquiring mind that seeks to understand mental disorder from a wider perspective. The Psychologist Read more...
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