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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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    • Title: The Diagnostic System by Jason Schnittker
    • Publisher: Columbia University Press
    • Print ISBN: 9780231178068, 0231178069
    • eText ISBN: 9780231544597
    • Edition: 2017
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