They Say You're Crazy

How The World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal

Häftad, Engelska, 1996

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Beskrivning

How are decisions made about who is normal? As a former consultant to those who construct the bible of the mental-health professions," the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Paula Caplan offers and insider's look at the process by which decisions about abnormality are made. Cutting through the professional psycho-babble, Caplan clearly assesses the astonishing extent to which scientific methods and evidence are disregarded as the handbook is developed. A must read for consumers and practitioners of the mental-health establishment, which through its creation of potentially damaging interpretations and labels, has the power to alter our lives in devastating ways.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1996-03-04
Mått:139 x 215 x 21 mm
Vikt:436 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:382
Förlag:Hachette Books
ISBN:9780201488326

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Psykologiska teorier och skolor inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D. chosen by the American Psychological Association as an eminent woman psychologist," is the author of the bestselling The Myth of Women's Masochism and Don't Blame Mother, among other books. She is a clinical and research psychologist.

Innehållsförteckning

* How Do They Decide Who Is Normal? * Whose Normality Is It, Anyway? * Do Mental Health Professionals Think Anyone Is Normal? * How the American Psychiatric Association Decides Who Is Not NormalPart I * How the American Psychiatric Association Decides Who Is Not NormalPart II * Delusional Dominating Personality Disorder: If This Sounds Discouraging, Im Afraid It Is Meant To * How Gatekeeping Replaces Scientific Precision * What Motivates the DSM Authors? * Media: The Good and the Bad * Wheres the Harm, and What Will Help?