Making us crazy : DSM : the psychiatric bible and the creation of mental disorders / Herb Kutchins and Stuart A. Kirk.
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TextPublication details: London : Constable, 1999.Description: xxvi, 305p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780094797109 (pbk.) :
- 0094797102
- 616.89075 KUT
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| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 616.89075 KUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 201679 | ||
| Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 616.89075 KUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 201680 |
Originally published: U.S.: Free, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.