DSM : a history of psychiatry's bible / Allan V. Horwitz.

  • Horwitz, Allan V.
Date:
2021
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

Description

"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 and political effects"--From publisher.

Publication/Creation

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.

Physical description

x, 215 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PP.6.AA9-10
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781421440699
  • 1421440695