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Category Archives: DSM
Stephen Turner’s Unfinished Work: Gaps, Needed Boldness, and a Freer Intellectual Trajectory
Stephen Turner’s reconstruction of democratic theory begins as an act of intellectual hygiene. Strip away the myths. Discard the will of the people, justice, and the rule of law as normative ideals. What remains is procedure. Law is a hierarchy … Continue reading
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The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry (2013)
Gary Greenberg’s The Book of Woe is a sustained attack on the DSM-5 and on the institutional culture that produced it. Greenberg writes as both a practicing therapist and a journalist, which gives him an unusual vantage point. He understands … Continue reading
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DSM: A History of Psychiatry’s Bible
Here are some highlights from this 2021 book by sociologist Allan V. Horwitz: * The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association pervades our culture. Since publication of the manual’s third edition in 1980, … Continue reading
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Transforming Normality into Pathology: The DSM and the Outcomes of Stressful Social Arrangements
Allan V. Horwitz, a sociologist of medicine, writes in 2007: “The sociology of stress shows how nondisordered people often become distressed in contexts such as chronic subordination; the losses of status, resources, and attachments; or the inability to achieve valued … Continue reading
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