Beyond the DSM story : ethical quandaries, challenges, and best practices - Eriksen, Karen, 1956-; Kress, Victoria E. (Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005)
The price of diagnosis -- Ethics meets diagnosis -- Multicultural challenges to the DSM -- Feminist challenges to the DSM -- Toward resolving the quandaries and pursuing ethical and contextually sensitive diagnostic practice -- The case of nine-year-old Janelle and her mother -- The case of Anna and Mark -- The case of Ellen -- A developmental, constructivist model for ethical assessment (which includes diagnosis of course).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-245) and index.
Keywords: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders -- Evaluation; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders; Mental illness -- Diagnosis; Mental illness -- Classification; Mental illness -- Diagnosis -- Case Reports; Psychology, Pathological -- Diagnosis -- Case Reports; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Case Reports; Mental illness -- Classification -- Case Reports; Psychology, Pathological -- Classification -- Case Reports; Prejudices -- Case Reports; Psychiatry -- Ethics -- Case Reports