Rethinking the DSM : A Psychological Perspective

by Beutler, Larry E.; Malik, Mary L.

• ISBN13: 9781557988416
• ISBN10: 1557988412
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Reflects the dissatisfaction of a growing number of mental healthcare professionals questioning the lack of strong empirical foundations in the DSM and who are confounded by its patchwork of vaguely defined disorders, each defined by seemingly arbitrary time limits or poorly related symptoms.

Author Biography

Lynne Angus, Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Larry E. Beutler, Department of Education, Counseling/Clinical/School Psychology Program, University of California, Santa Barbara Roger K. Blashfield, Department of Psychology, Auburn University, AL Peter Buchheim, Department of Psychology, University of Muenchen, Germany Laura Campbell, Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA Manfred Cierpka, Department of Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany Rainer W. Dahlbender, Department of Psychology, University of Ulm, Germany Ann Doucette, Center for Mental Health Policy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Elizabeth H. Flanagan, Department of Psychology, Auburn University, AL Harald J. Freyberger, Department of Psychology, University of Greifswald, Germany Tilmann Grande, Department of Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany Oscar F. Goncalves, Department of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Gereon Heuft, Department of Psychology, University of Munster, Germany Amy Kegley Heim, Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA Sven O. Hoffmann, Department of Psychology, University of Mainz, Germany Arthur C. Houts, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, TN Paul L. Janssen, Department of Psychology, University of Bochum, Germany Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee John F. Kihlstrom, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, and Institute for the Study of Healthcare Organization and Transactions, Richmond, CA Yifaht Korman, Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Joachim Kuchenhoff, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland Paulo P. P. Machado, Department of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal Mary L. Malik, Department of Education, Counseling/Clinical/School Psychology Program, University of California, Santa Barbara Gregory J. Meyer, Department of Psychology, University of Alaska-Anchorage Kate Morrison, Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA Aribert Muhs, Karlsruhe, Germany Marcus Patterson, Department of Psychology, Boston University, MA Gerd Rudolf, Department of Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany Ulrich Ruger, Department of Psychology, University of Gottingen, Germany Norman B. Schmidt, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus Wolfgang Schneider, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rostock, Germany Gerhard Schussler, Department of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Germany Drew Western, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, MA

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Preface	ix
I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
The Emergence of Dissatisfaction With the DSM	3	(14)
Mary L. Malik
Larry E. Beutler
Discovery, Invention, and the Expansion of the Modern Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals of Mental Disorders	17	(52)
Arthur C. Houts
II. METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Implications of Informations-Gathering Methods for a Refined Taxonomy of Psychopathology	69	(38)
Gregory J. Meyer
Taxometrics Can ``Do Diagnostics Right'' (And Isn't Quite as Hard as You Think)	107	(14)
Thomas E. Joiner, Jr.
Norman B. Schmidt
Psychiatric Classification Through the Lens of Ethnobiology	121	(28)
Elizabeth H. Flanagan
Roger K. Blashfield
III. REPRESENTATIONAL ALTERNATIVES
Assessing Psychopathology: A Narrative Approach	149	(28)
Oscar F. Goncalves
Paulo P. P. Machado
Yifaht Korman
Lynne Angus
Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics: A New Diagnostic Approach in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy	177	(24)
Wolfgang Schneider
Peter Buchheim
Manfred Cierpka
Rainer W. Dahlbender
Harald J. Freyberger
Tilmann Grande
Sven O. Hoffmann
Gereon Heuft
Paul L. Janssen
Joachim Kuchenhoff
Aribert Muhs
Gerd Rudolf
Ulrich Ruger
Gerhard Schussler
Child and Adolescent Diagnosis: The Need for a Model-Based Approach	201	(20)
Ann Doucette
Simplifying Diagnosis Using a Prototype-Matching Approach: Implications for the Next Edition of the DSM	221	(30)
Drew Westen
Amy Kegley Heim
Kate Morrison
Marcus Patterson
Laura Campbell
Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines: The Example of Depression	251	(28)
Larry E. Beutler
Mary L. Malik
To Honor Kraepelin...: From Symptoms to Pathology in the Diagnosis of Mental Illness	279	(26)
John F. Kihlstrom
Author Index	305	(14)
Subject Index	319	(12)
About the Editors	331