| Description |
xxxiii, 269 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Is this really necessary? / Paula J. Caplan, Lisa Cosgrove -- Construction of illness / Meadow Linder -- Deep structure of bias in psychiatric diagnosis / Jeffrey Poland, Paula J. Caplan -- Creating post-traumatic stress disorder: a case study of the history, sociology, and politics of psychiatric classification / Meadow Linder -- Abnormal psychology textbooks exclude feminist criticism of the DSM / Autumn Wiley -- Psychiatric diagnosis in the legal system / Emily J. Caplan -- Bias and subjectivity in diagnosing mental retardation in death penalty cases / Paula J. Caplan -- What is it that's being called "Parental Alienation Syndrome"? / Paula J. Caplan -- Intersection of racism and sexism in psychiatric diagnosis / Alisha Ali -- Clinical cases and the intersection of sexism and racism / Nayyar Javed -- Should racism be classified as a mental illness? / Wesley E. Profit -- Ageism in psychiatric diagnosis / Rachel Josefowitz Siegel -- Psychiatric policing of children / Louis Armstrong -- Confusing terms and false dichotomies in learning disabilities / Paula J. Caplan -- Diagnosis of low-income women / Heather E. Bullock -- Seeking "normal" sexuality on a complex matrix / William R. Metcalfe, Paula J. Caplan -- Gender bias and sex distribution of mental disorders in the DSM-IV-TR / Lisa Cosgrove, Bethany Riddle. |
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Mislabeling anxiety and depression in rural women / Nikki Gerrard -- Bias and schizophrenia / Jeffrey Poland -- Truth about "False Memory Syndrome" / Karen A. Olio -- Reclaiming the meanings of "self-esteem" / Nayyar Javed, Nikki Gerrard -- Agoraphobia / Maureen McHugh, Lisa Cosgrove -- Depression in women / Sarah McSweeney -- "Eating-disordered" patient / Judith R. Rabinor -- Fine line between clinical and subclinical anorexia / Emily Cohen -- Histrionic personality / Pamela Reed Gi bson -- Post-traumatic stress disorder / Dana Becker -- Some gender biases in diagnosing traumatized women / Vincent Fish -- Medicalizing menstrual distress / Lisa Cosgrove, Paula J. Caplan -- New view of women's sexual problems / The Working Group on a New View of Women's Sexual Problems -- Resisting diagnosis / Gloria Anthony -- Importance of critical inquiry / Lisa Cosgrove -- Some future contenders / Paula J. Caplan, Wesley E. Profit. |
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Social aspects.
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Social aspects. |
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis. |
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Psychodiagnostics -- Validity.
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Psychodiagnostics. |
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Discrimination.
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Discrimination. |
| Added Author |
Caplan, Paula J.
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Cosgrove, Lisa.
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| ISBN |
0765700018 paperback alkaline paper |
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0765703750 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780765703750 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780765700018 paperback alkaline paper |
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