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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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