The DSM-5 in Perspective: Philosophical Reflections on the Psychiatric Babel

Author:   Steeves Demazeux ,  Patrick Singy ,  Steeves Demazeux ,  Steeves Demazeux
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   2015 ed.
Volume:   10
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9789401797641


Pages:   238
Publication Date:   23 March 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Steeves Demazeux ,  Patrick Singy ,  Steeves Demazeux ,  Steeves Demazeux
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2015 ed.
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.207kg
ISBN:  

9789401797641


ISBN 10:   9401797641
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   23 March 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction; Steeves Demazeux and Patrick Singy.- Part I. General issues.- Chapter 1. The Ideal of Scientific Progress and the DSM; Steeves Demazeux.-  Chapter 2. DSM-5 and Research Concerning Mental Illness; Jeffrey Poland.- Chapter 3. DSM-5 and Psychiatry’s Second Revolution: Descriptive vs. Theoretical Approaches to Psychiatric Classification; Jonathan Tsou.- Chapter 4. DSM-5: The Delayed Demise of Descriptive Diagnosis; Stuart A. Kirk, David Cohen, Tomi Gomory.- Chapter 5. Must Disorders Cause Harm? The Changing Stance of the DSM; Rachel Cooper.- Chapter 6.‘Deviant Deviance’: Cultural Diversity in DSM-5; Dominic Murphy.- Part II. Specific issues.- Chapter 7. Danger and Difference: The Stakes of Hebephilia; Patrick Singy.- Chapter 8. Sexual Dysfunctions and Asexuality in DSM-5; Andrew Hinderliter.- Chapter 9. The Crippling Legacy of Monomanias in DSM-5; John Z. Sadler.- Chapter 10. The Loss of Grief: Science and Pseudoscience in the Debate Over DSM-5’s Elimination of the Bereavement Exclusion; Jerome Wakefield.- Chapter 11. Against Hyponarrating Grief: Incompatible Research and Treatment Interests in the DSM-5; Şerife Tekin.- Chapter 12. RDoC: Thinking Outside the DSM Box without Falling into a Reductionist Trap; Luc Faucher and Simon Goyer.- Chapter 13. DSM-5 and the Reconceptualization of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Anthropological Perspective from the Neuroscience Laboratory; Baptiste Moutaud.

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This is a collection of essays from different authors exploring the main problems of the DSM-5. ... The purpose is to review and discuss the methodological and philosophical weaknesses, as well cultural bias, in the DSM-5. ... one definitely worth checking out if you deal with the DSM at all. (Brett C. Plyler, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2015)


This is a collection of essays from different authors exploring the main problems of the DSM-5. The purpose is to review and discuss the methodological and philosophical weaknesses, as well cultural bias, in the DSM-5. one definitely worth checking out if you deal with the DSM at all. (Brett C. Plyler, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2015)


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