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Prognosis Negative: Psychiatry and The Foibles of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V (DSM-V) by Rekha Kumari is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses the history and development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). It outlines how early editions were grounded in psychoanalysis but lacked reliability. The DSM-III aimed to standardize definitions to increase reliability but some argue it relied more on rhetoric than science. The DSM-III became very influential in psychiatry and other fields and impacted how society views mental health.
- Author
- Rekha Kumari
- Language
- EN