The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry
Gary Greenberg explores the DSM and the systems used to define psychiatric disorders. With a critical focus on diagnosis and classification, The Book of Woe considers how the manual influences psychiatry and shapes broader ideas about mental illness, offering thoughtful reading for anyone interested in medicine, psychology, and social criticism.
About This Book
Gary Greenberg examines the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and its place in modern psychiatry.
The book considers how psychiatric conditions are defined, classified, and understood through diagnostic categories.
It offers a critical perspective on the DSM and the broader implications of organizing mental distress through a formal manual.
Written for readers interested in psychiatry, psychology, medicine, and the social meaning of diagnosis.
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