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1 online resource (xxii, 443 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A pivotal three decades : American psychiatry after World War II -- Emil Kraepelin : birth of modern descriptive psychiatry -- Kraepelin's progeny : the neo-Kraepelinians -- Robert L. Spitzer, psychiatric revolutionary -- The DSM-III Task Force and psychiatric empiricism -- A brief history of modern classification and problems with reliability in diagnosis -- The revolution begins, 1973-1976 -- A snapshot in time : DSM-III in midstream, 1976 -- The eruption of discord following the midstream conference -- Clinicians vs. researchers again and new antagonisms over sexuality -- The psychoanalytic awakening to DSM-III -- The field trials and yet more controversies -- The final weeks. |
| Summary |
In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association decided to publish a revised edition of their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). There was great hope that a new manual would display psychiatry as a scientific field and aid in combating the attacks of an aggressive anti-psychiatry movement that had persisted for more than a decade. The Making of DSM-IIIRG is a book about the manual that resulted in 1980-DSM-III-a far-reaching revisionist work that created a revolution in American psychiatry. Its development precipitated a historic clash between the DSM-III Task Force--a group of descriptive. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. |
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Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. |
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Mental illness -- United States -- 20th century -- Classification -- History.
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Mental illness. |
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Classification. |
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Psychiatry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Psychiatry. |
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Psychiatry -- history. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Mental Disorders -- classification. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Decker, Hannah S. Making of DSM-III. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 9780195382235 (DLC) 2012039676 (OCoLC)811850389 |
| ISBN |
9780199700301 (electronic book) |
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0199700303 (electronic book) |
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9780195382235 |
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0195382234 |
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