Bias in psychiatric diagnosis
Éditeur :
Jason Aronson Publishers
ISBN :
9780765703750
Date de publication :
17 oct. 2004
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,5 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
517 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The negative consequences of psychiatric diagnosis range from loss of custody of a child to denial of health insurance and employment. This work explores how gender, race, social class, age, physical disability, and sexual orientation affect the classification of human beings into psychiatric categories.