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Descriptions and Prescriptions
John Z. . Ed(S): Sadler
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Description for Descriptions and Prescriptions
, University of Louisville. Editor(s): Sadler, John Z. Num Pages: 418 pages, 5, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Most everyone agrees that having pneumonia or a broken leg is always a bad thing, but not everyone agrees that sadness, grief, anxiety, or even hallucinations are always bad things. This fundamental disjunction in how disease and disorders are valued is the basis for the considerations in Descriptions and Prescriptions. In this book John Z. Sadler, M.D., brings together a distinguished group of contributors to examine how psychiatric diagnostic classifications are influenced by the values held by mental health professionals and the society in which they practice. The aim of the book, according to Sadler, is "to involve ... Read more
Most everyone agrees that having pneumonia or a broken leg is always a bad thing, but not everyone agrees that sadness, grief, anxiety, or even hallucinations are always bad things. This fundamental disjunction in how disease and disorders are valued is the basis for the considerations in Descriptions and Prescriptions. In this book John Z. Sadler, M.D., brings together a distinguished group of contributors to examine how psychiatric diagnostic classifications are influenced by the values held by mental health professionals and the society in which they practice. The aim of the book, according to Sadler, is "to involve ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
Number of Pages
418
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801868405
SKU
V9780801868405
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About John Z. . Ed(S): Sadler
John Z. Sadler, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Reviews for Descriptions and Prescriptions
Descriptions and Prescriptions is one of the best accounts of the intense debates on the values underlying the DSM, the need for accountability in psychiatric diagnosis, and some of the chief philosophical and political issues in psychiatry.
Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine Anyone who believes that developing the best diagnostic manual possible is an important ... Read more
Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine Anyone who believes that developing the best diagnostic manual possible is an important ... Read more