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DSM and the Diagnosis‐MacGuffin: Implications for the Self and Society
Author(s) -
Epstein Eugene,
Wiesner Manfred,
Duda Lothar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/anzf.1012
Subject(s) - project commissioning , psychology , sociology , political science , publishing , law
The authors posit the idea that over the past 50 years, the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic discourses of the western first world have infiltrated practically every aspect of our culture and society. It is the authors’ belief that the introduction of the new DSM ‐5 will only serve to further that expansion. What are the implications of this development for our society as well as our range of options for understanding the self?