Classifying Psychopathology: Mental Kinds and Natural Kinds

by Jacqueline A Sullivan and Harold Kincaid

Scholars question the extent to which current psychiatric classification systems are inadequate for diagnosis, treatment, and research of mental disorders and offer suggestions for improvement.

In this volume, leading philosophers of psychiatry examine psychiatric classification systems, including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), asking whether current systems are sufficient for effective diagnosis,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262027054
• ISBN13: 9780262027052
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher