Kutchins, Herb. <br/><br/>
Making us crazy :  DSM : the psychiatric bible and the creation of mental disorders / 
Herb Kutchins and Stuart A. Kirk. 
 - London :  Constable,  1999. 
 - xxvi, 305p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: U.S.: Free, 1997. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Doubting Thomas: psychiatric diagnosis and the Anita Hill controversy--2. Pathologizing everyday behaviour--3.The fall and rise of homosexuality--4. Bringing the war back to DSM-- 5. The defeat of masochistic personality disorder --6. Border wars: borderline personality disorder (or, how patients seduce their therapists) --7.The enduring legacy of racism in the diagnosis of mental disorders --8. Diagnosing the psychiatric bible. 
<br/><br/> Making Us Crazy is a powerful and challenging book which forces us to question the labels which are now commonly imposed on us by the American bible of mental syndromes. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780094797109 (pbk.) :  £14.99 0094797102  Đ22.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human behavior.<br/>Mental illness--Diagnosis<br/>Mental illness--Diagnosis--Popular works<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Psychiatry
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.89075  KUT