Overdiagnosis in psychiatry how modern psychiatry lost its way while creating a diagnosis for almost all of life's misfortunes / Joel Paris, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University.
| Author/creator | Paris, Joel, 1940- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015] |
| Description | xix, 181 pages ; 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Diagnosis in psychiatry -- DSM and its discontents -- Over-diagnosis and overtreatment -- Science, philosophy, and diagnosis -- How 'major' is major depression? -- The boundaries of bipolarity -- PTSD and trauma -- ADHD and attention -- Personality and personality disorder -- Other disorders in which over-diagnosis is a risk -- How do we know what is normal? -- Where do we go from here? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014039665 |
| ISBN | 9780199350643 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0199350647 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |