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Understanding the DSM-5: stasis and change

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Understanding the DSM-5: stasis and change. / Cooper, Rachel Valerie.
In: History of Psychiatry, Vol. 29, No. 1, 01.03.2018, p. 49-65.

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Cooper, RV 2018, 'Understanding the DSM-5: stasis and change', History of Psychiatry, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 49-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X17741783

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Cooper, R. V. (2018). Understanding the DSM-5: stasis and change. History of Psychiatry, 29(1), 49-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X17741783

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Cooper RV. Understanding the DSM-5: stasis and change. History of Psychiatry. 2018 Mar 1;29(1):49-65. Epub 2017 Nov 29. doi: 10.1177/0957154X17741783

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Cooper, Rachel Valerie. / Understanding the DSM-5 : stasis and change. In: History of Psychiatry. 2018 ; Vol. 29, No. 1. pp. 49-65.

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abstract = "This paper aims to understand the DSM-5 through situating it within the context of the historical development of the DSM series. When one looks at the sets of diagnostic criteria, the DSM-5 is strikingly similar to the DSM-IV. I argue that at this level the DSM has become {\textquoteleft}locked-in{\textquoteright} and difficult to change. At the same time, at the structural, or conceptual, level there have been radical changes, for example, in the definition of {\textquoteleft}mental disorder{\textquoteright}, the role of theory and of values, and in the abandonment of multiaxial approach to diagnosis. The way that the DSM-5 was constructed means that the overall conceptual framework of the classification only barely constrains the sets of diagnostic criteria that it contains.",
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