Making Us Crazy: DSM - The Psychiatric Bible And The Creation Of Mental Disorders

By Herb Kutchins, Stuart A. Kirk

The Selling Of DSM: The Rhetoric Of Science In Psychiatry

By Herb Kutchins, Stuart A. Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, Herb Kutchins

When it was first published in 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition—univer-sally known as DSM-III—embodied a radical new method for identifying psychiatric...

The Selling Of DSM: The Rhetoric Of Science In Psychiatry

By Herb Kutchins, Kirk, Stuart A, Stuart A. Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, Herb Kutchins

1. Psychiatric Diagnosis And The New Bible. A New Diagnostic Manual. Overview. The Transformation Of Psychiatric Troubles. Transformation Of The Problem. The Kappa Contortion -- 3. The Social Contr...

Controversial Issues In Mental Health

By Susan D. Einbinder, Stuart A. Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, Susan D. Einbinder

highlights The Value Of Controversy By Using A Debate Format To Present Both Sides Of Numerous Controversial Issues In Mental Health. Consists Of 19 Debates Written Especially For This Volume By Ex...

Science And Social Work

By William J. Reid, Stuart Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, William James Reid

A critical appraisal of the strategies and methods that have been used to develop knowledge for social work practice. It identifies the major ways in which social workers have drawn upon scientific...

Science And Social Work

By William J. Reid, Stuart Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, Reid, William J., Stuart A. Kirk, William James Reid

A critical appraisal of the strategies and methods that have been used to develop knowledge for social work practice. It identifies the major ways in which social workers have drawn upon scientific...

Mental Disorders In The Social Environment

By Stuart Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, Editor

Social workers provide more mental health services than any other profession, yet recent biomedical trends in psychiatry appear to minimize the importance of their traditional concerns, which focus...

Mental Disorders In The Social Environment: Critical Perspectives

By Stuart Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, Stuart A. Kirk, Editor

Social workers provide more mental health services than any other profession, yet recent biomedical trends in psychiatry appear to minimize the importance of their traditional concerns, which focus...

Controversial Issues In Mental Health

By Susan D. Einbinder, Stuart A. Kirk, Paul R. Gregory, Kirk, Stuart A., Einbinder, Susan D.

This text has been updated to focus on the radical changes which the former Soviet Union has recenly experienced - its reorganization and its transition from a planned to market economy, examining...

Social Work Research Methods: Building Knowledge For Practice

By Frederic G Reamer, National Association Of Social Workers, Stuart A. Kirk, NASW Code Of Ethics Revision Committee

Social Work Research Methods illustrates the latest approaches for diverse fields of practice, populations, levels of intervention, and research methods. Designed to supplement all of the current m...