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The Diagnostic System: Why the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, and Never Settled

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The Diagnostic System: Why the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, and Never Settled - Schnittker, Jason, Professor
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The sociologist Jason Schnittker looks at the multiple actors involved in crafting the DSM and the many interests that the manual hopes to serve. The Diagnostic System urges us to become comfortable with the socially constructed nature of categorization and accept that a perfect taxonomy of mental-health disorders will remain elusive.

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The Diagnostic System: Why the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, and Never Settled 2020, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231178075

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The Diagnostic System: Why the Classification of Psychiatric Disorders Is Necessary, Difficult, and Never Settled 2017, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231178068

Hardcover