The making of DSM-III a diagnostic manual's conquest of American psychiatry / Hannah S. Decker.
| Author/creator | Decker, Hannah S. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | xxii, 443 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-420) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012039676 |
| ISBN | 9780195382235 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |