On Skepticism and Tolerance in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry

On Skepticism and Tolerance in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry

An examination of the issues facing forensic psychiatry today would be incomplete without discussing the important "the DSM emperor wears no forensic clothes" problem. Contrary to pronouncements by ill-trained attorneys that DSM is the "bible of psychiatry" and some quick-fix, ps...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychiatric Times 2007-04, Vol.24 (5), p.1
Hauptverfasser: Gopal, Abilash, Bursztajn, Harold J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Clinical psychiatry
Comparative analysis
Forensic psychiatry
Neurosciences
Practice
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Zusammenfassung:An examination of the issues facing forensic psychiatry today would be incomplete without discussing the important "the DSM emperor wears no forensic clothes" problem. Contrary to pronouncements by ill-trained attorneys that DSM is the "bible of psychiatry" and some quick-fix, pseudoevidence-based guidelines that imply that psychiatry can be practiced from a cookbook, there is a growing recognition of the wisdom of the caveat that DSM-IV-TR cannot be used for forensic purposes.
ISSN:0893-2905