Caplan, Paula J.

They say you're crazy : how the world's most powerful psychiatrists decide who's normal / Paula J. Caplan. - Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1995. - xxiv, 355 p ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-340) and index.

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Offers an insider's look at how the psychiatric establishment assesses psychological abnormality. Reveals who determines what is considered abnormal and how such decisions affect patients and the care they receive.

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.


Mental illness--Classification--Political aspects.
Mental illness--Diagnosis--Political aspects.
Mental illness--Diagnosis--Social aspects.
Mental illnesss--Classification--Social aspects.
Abnormal psychology.
Mental illness--Government policy.
Mental illness--Social aspects.
Psychiatry.

RC455.2.C4 / C37 1995

616.89