1. Diagnostic Conflict and Contradiction in Psychiatry.
- Author
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Brown, Phil
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PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis ,PSYCHIATRY ,MENTAL health ,MENTAL health services ,PSYCHOTHERAPY ,CLINICS - Abstract
This paper examines the process of psychiatric diagnosis in a community mental health center walk-in clinic. The results indicate a great deal of conflict and contradiction in the psychiatric evaluation. This is discussed in light of several tensions: (1) mixed agendas surrounding diagnosis; (2) conflict between training and professional practice; (3) conflict created when a public facility is staffed by an elite medical school; (4) conflict between providing mental health services while serving the needs of other public agencies and mandates; and (5) conflict between an ascendant biopsychiatric model and the daily work of clinical therapeutic service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1987
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