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Bias in psychiatric diagnosis

Title
Bias in psychiatric diagnosis / edited by Paula J. Caplan and Lisa Cosgrove.
Publication
Lanham : Jason Aronson, ©2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Caplan, Paula J.
  • Cosgrove, Lisa.
Description
xxxiii, 269 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"Caplan and Cosgrove provide a broad overview of the literature in the form of 32 papers on bias in diagnostic labeling. The papers examine the creation of bias in diagnosis, the legal implications, forms of bias found in psychiatric diagnosis, bias in specific labels, and solutions to the problem. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR."--WEBSITE.
Subject
  • Mental illness > Diagnosis > Social aspects
  • Psychodiagnostics > Validity
  • Discrimination
  • Prejudices
  • Mental Disorders > diagnosis
  • Prejudice
  • Discrimination, Psychological
  • discrimination
  • Prejudices
  • Discrimination
  • Mental illness > Diagnosis > Social aspects
  • Psychische problemen
  • Psychodiagnostiek
  • Geldigheid
  • Bias
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
  • 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.
ISBN
  • 0765703750
  • 9780765703750
  • 0765700018
  • 9780765700018
LCCN
2004005939
OCLC
  • ocm54826379
  • 54826379
  • SCSB-9781560
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library