Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry
Author | : Joel Paris |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2020 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780197504277 |
ISBN-13 | : 0197504272 |
Rating | : 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "This book, now revised in a section edition, examines the problem of over-diagnosis in psychiatry, focusing on problems with current diagnostic systems. It will show that diagnosis is not always a good guide to treatment selection, and that diagnoses have bee expanded in scope to justify currently popular methods of pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. The most important categories that are over-diagnosed are bipolar disorders, major depression, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The boundary of pathology and normality remains unclear. This edition will also discuss dimensional systems that are transdiagnostic, and show how over-diagnosis is linked to the practice of aggressive psychopharmacology"--