Beyond the DSM Story
Subtitle: Ethical Quandaries, Challenges, and Best Practices
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: October 12, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780761930327
Subjects: Psychological testing & measurement; Practice Management; Diagnostic and statistical man; Psychology; Psychotherapy - General; Psychology & Psychiatry Profession - Ethics; Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychotherapy; Diagnosis; Classification; Evaluation; Mental illness
First sentence: Mental health professionals would clearly not engage in diagnosis or use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; when used in this way, we are referring to any version; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1980, 1994, 2000) diagnostic systems were it not for this model's perceived benefits.