The making of DSM-III a diagnostic manual's conquest of American psychiatry / Hannah S. Decker.

Author/creator Decker, Hannah S.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxxii, 443 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Variant title The making of DSM-3
Contents A pivotal three decades : American psychiatry after World War II -- Emil Kraepelin : birth of modern descriptive psychiatry -- Kraepelin's progeny : the neo-Kraepelinians -- Robert L. Spitzer, psychiatric revolutionary -- The DSM-III Task Force and psychiatric empiricism -- A brief history of modern classification and problems with reliability in diagnosis -- The revolution begins, 1973-1976 -- A snapshot in time : DSM-III in midstream, 1976 -- The eruption of discord following the midstream conference -- Clinicians vs. researchers again and new antagonisms over sexuality -- The psychoanalytic awakening to DSM-III -- The field trials and yet more controversies -- The final weeks.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 403-420) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012039676
ISBN9780195382235 (alk. paper)

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