Journal article
Psychological disadvantage and a welfarist approach to psychiatry: An alternative to the DSM paradigm
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The American Psychiatric Association released the fifth edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in May 2013 amid criticism from the British Psychological Society and other eminent voices. Among DSM-5’s problems are its over-emphasis on biological causes of mental distress and its classification of arguably normal states as disorders. We explain why these strategies are harmful and argue that the purpose of psychiatry—and of medicine generally—must be recon...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- John Hopkins University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology Journal website
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 245-259
- Publication date:
- 2018-12-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-10-11
- DOI:
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1086-3303
- ISSN:
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1071-6076
- Source identifiers:
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735098
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- Deposit date:
- 2017-10-11
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- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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- Copyright © 2018 Johns Hopkins University Press. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Johns Hopkins University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2018.0035
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