Description: The public, mental health consumers, as well as mental health practitioners wonder about what kinds of values mental health professionals hold, and what kinds of values influence psychiatric diagnosis. Are mental disorders socio-political, practical, or scientific concepts? Is psychiatric diagnosis value-neutral? What role does the fundamental philosophical question "How should I live?" play in mental health care? In his carefully nuanced and exhaustively referenced monograph, psychiatrist and philosopher of psychiatry John Z. Sadler describes the manifold kinds of values and value judgements involved in psychiatric diagnosis and classification systems like the DSM. Professor Sadler takes the reader on a fascinating conceptual tour of the inner workings of psychiatric diagnosis, considering the role of science, culture, sexuality, politics, gender, technology, human nature, patienthood, and professions in building his vision of a more humane psychiatric diagnostic process.
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EAN: 9780198526377
UPC: 9780198526377
ISBN: 9780198526377
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Item Length: 23.2 cm
Book Title: Values and Psychiatric Diagnosis
Item Height: 232mm
Item Width: 154mm
Author: John Z. Sadler
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Psychology, Popular Philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 852g
Number of Pages: 568 Pages
