DSM a history of psychiatry's bible

"This book tells a history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), known as "psychiatry's bible." It has been at the center of thinking about mental health in the United States since it was first published in 1952. The author covers its various editions and their cultural...

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Main Author: Horwitz, Allan V. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
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Table of Contents:
  • Diagnosing Mental Illness
  • The DSM-I and DSM-II
  • The Path to a Diagnostic Revolution
  • The DSM-III
  • The DSM-IIIR and DSM-IV
  • The DSM-5's Failed Revolution
  • The DSM as a Social Creation.