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Focusing on the limitations of the DSM-5, this book explores historical mental disorders that were overlooked or misrepresented in modern psychiatric classifications. Edward Shorter critiques the current diagnostic framework, emphasizing that established diagnoses like "schizophrenia" and "bipolar disorder" may not align with natural disease realities. He advocates for a history-driven approach to understanding mental illness, aiming to reclaim valuable insights from psychiatry's two-century history that have been neglected in contemporary practices.
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What Psychiatry Left Out of the DSM-5, Edward Shorter
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- What Psychiatry Left Out of the DSM-5
- Subtitle
- Historical Mental Disorders Today
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Edward Shorter
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 188
- ISBN13
- 9781138830899
- Category
- Psychology
- Description
- Focusing on the limitations of the DSM-5, this book explores historical mental disorders that were overlooked or misrepresented in modern psychiatric classifications. Edward Shorter critiques the current diagnostic framework, emphasizing that established diagnoses like "schizophrenia" and "bipolar disorder" may not align with natural disease realities. He advocates for a history-driven approach to understanding mental illness, aiming to reclaim valuable insights from psychiatry's two-century history that have been neglected in contemporary practices.