Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), Feminist Critiques of

Emily E. Wheeler; Elena Kosterina; Lisa Cosgrove

doi:10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss125

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), Feminist Critiques of

Emily E. Wheeler
, Elena Kosterina
, Lisa Cosgrove

Counseling & School Psychology

University of Massachusetts Boston

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Abstract

Feminists have contributed to a critical analysis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) since it was first published by the American Psychiatric Association in 1952. These analyses have focused on the philosophical and political dimensions of the manual's underlying theory and approach as well as the ways in which many disorders reinforce gender, class, and race bias. Major areas of criticism include the lack of attention to the sociopolitical context of emotional distress, DSM-5's ethnocentric framework, and the widening of diagnostic boundaries.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Publisher	Wiley
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118663219
ISBN (Print)	9781405196949
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118663219.wbegss125
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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General Social Sciences

Keywords

critical theory
diagnosis
feminisms
psychiatry
psychology

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