Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis

by Caplan, Paula J.; Cosgrove, Lisa; McHugh, Maureen; Ali, Alisha; Armstrong, Louise; Becker, Dana; Bullock, Heather E.; Caplan, Emily Julia; Cohen, Emily; Fish, Vincent; Gerrard, Nikki; Gibson, Pamela; Javed, Nayyar; Linder, Meadow; Metcalfe, William R.; Po

• ISBN13: 9780765700018
• ISBN10: 0765700018
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-08
• Publisher: JASON ARONSON

Summary

Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis is the first book about how gender, race, social class, age, physical disability, and sexual orientation affect the classification of human beings into psychiatric categories. This is a hot topic addressed to the public's right to know, especially because the negative consequences of psychiatric diagnosis range from loss of custody of a child to denial of health insurance and employment to removal of one's right to make decisions about one's legal affairs.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Is This Really Necessary?	p. xix
The Creation of Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis
The Construction of Illness	p. 3
The Deep Structure of Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis	p. 9
Creating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Study of the History, Sociology, and Politics of Psychiatric Classification	p. 25
Abnormal Psychology Textbooks Exclude Feminist Criticism of the DSM	p. 41
Legal Implications of Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis
Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Legal System	p. 49
Bias and Subjectivity in Diagnosing Mental Retardation in Death Penalty Cases	p. 55
What Is It That's Being Called "Parental Alienation Syndrome"?	p. 61
Some Forms That Bias Takes
The Intersection of Racism and Sexism in Psychiatric Diagnosis	p. 71
Clinical Cases and the Intersection of Sexism and Racism	p. 77
Should Racism Be Classified As a Mental Illness?	p. 81
Ageism in Psychiatric Diagnosis	p. 89
The Psychiatric Policing of Children	p. 99
Confusing Terms and False Dichotomies in Learning Disabilities	p. 109
Diagnosis of Low-Income Women	p. 115
Seeking "Normal" Sexuality on a Complex Matrix	p. 121
Gender Bias and Sex Distribution of Mental Disorders in the DSM-IV-TR	p. 127
Mislabeling Anxiety and Depression in Rural Women	p. 141
Specific Labels
Bias and Schizophrenia	p. 149
The Truth about "False Memory Syndrome"	p. 163
Reclaiming the Meanings of "Self-esteem"	p. 171
Agoraphobia	p. 177
Depression in Women	p. 183
The "Eating-Disordered" Patient	p. 189
The Fine Line between Clinical and Subclinical Anorexia	p. 193
Histrionic Personality	p. 201
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder	p. 207
Some Gender Biases in Diagnosing Traumatized Women	p. 213
Medicalizing Menstrual Distress	p. 221
Moving Ahead
A New View of Women's Sexual Problems	p. 233
Resisting Diagnosis	p. 241
The Importance of Critical Inquiry	p. 243
Some Future Contenders	p. 249
Index	p. 255
About the Contributors	p. 263
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