The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry

by Gary Greenberg

Book Overview

For more than two years, author and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg has embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - the DSM - the American Psychiatric Association's compendium of mental illnesses and what Greenberg calls 'the book of woe.' Since its debut in 1952, the DSM has been frequently revised, and with each revision, the 'official' view on which psychological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399158537
• ISBN13: 9780399158537
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Blue Rider Press
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher