Classifying Madness

Name: Classifying Madness
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A Philosophical Examination of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Autor: Rachel Cooper

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Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: Springer

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The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" is important, but it is also controversi...

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Autor

Rachel Cooper

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2010

Stránek

178

EAN

9789048168415

ISBN

9048168414

Enbook ID

01975084

Vydavatel

Springer

Hmotnost

311

Rozměry

160 x 240 x 11

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The "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" is important, but it is also controversial. While its publishers claim that the D.S.M. is a scientific classification system based on sound data, many have doubts. Big business has interests in the D.S.M. Perhaps the D.S.M. has been distorted by pressures stemming from insurance companies, or from pharmaceutical companies? Others are concerned that whether a condition is classified as a mental disorder depends too greatly on social and political factors. More conceptual worries are also frequent. If classification requires a theory, and if mental disorders are poorly understood, then a sound classification system may be presently unobtainable. Possibly even attempting to construct a classification system that "cuts nature at the joints" is conceptually na

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