DSM

"We're all mad here": Forgetting categorical diagnosis and remembering ourselves

"We're all mad here": Forgetting categorical diagnosis and remembering ourselves

The proliferation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM), now in its fifth iteration, normalised thinking about psychological, emotional and existential problems in terms of diagnostic categories.  Borrowing the DSM from their colleagues in the medical community, psychological training institutions have focussed on teaching their trainees to think categorically about psychopathology…

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