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Year: 1,996
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Edition: 1st paperback ed.
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City: Reading, Mass.
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Pages: 355
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Pages In File: 384
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Language: English
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Topic: 198
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Identifier: 9780201488326,0201488329
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Paginated: 1
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Tags: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders Mental illness -- Classification -- Political aspects Mental illness -- Classification -- Social aspects Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Political aspects Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Social aspects Mental illness
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Toc: * How Do They Decide Who Is Normal? * Whose Normality Is It, Anyway? * Do Mental Health Professionals Think Anyone Is Normal? * How the American Psychiatric Association Decides Who Is Not NormalPart I * How the American Psychiatric Association Decides Who Is Not NormalPart II * Delusional Dominating Personality Disorder: If This Sounds Discouraging, Im Afraid It Is Meant To * How Gatekeeping Replaces Scientific Precision * What Motivates the DSM Authors? * Media: The Good and the Bad * Wheres the Harm, and What Will Help?