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• Title:The ethics of labeling in mental health / Kristie Madsen and Peter Leech.
  
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• Author/Creator:Madsen, Kristie, 1958-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Leech, Peter, 1933-
  
• Published/Created:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2007.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM140 .M33 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WM140 .M33 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Mental illness--Diagnosis--Moral and ethical aspects.
  Mental health services--Moral and ethical aspects.
  
• Medical Subjects: Mental Disorders.
  Stereotyping.
  Mental Disorders--diagnosis.
  Psychotherapy.
  
• Subject(s):Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
  
• Description:viii, 200 p. ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:"The focus of this book is the institution of professional mental health as it operates in America today, specifically addressing how the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSMMD), the primary resource used in the mental health profession, has influenced much larger social issues."--Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780786428724 (softcover : alk. paper)
  0786428724 (softcover : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Making the case against diagnostic labeling
  Myth I : the mental health system truly serves the public good
  Introduction : the myth of serving the public good
  2. What we believe about helping professionals
  3. therapist always knows best
  4. What we mean by mental health
  5. medical model
  6. world of secrecy
  7. Twin sisters of different mothers : disability or disorder?
  Myth II : the DSMMD applies to every client
  Introduction : when the DSMMD just doesn't serve
  8. Humpty dumpty's guide to the DSMMD : critical issues in the diagnostic approach
  9. About fitting the square peg into the round hole
  10. Looking deeper into the pond : continuing the case against diagnostic labeling
  11. mental health paradox : helping or harming
  12. Special forever : a kid's worst nightmare!
  13. Everyone needs a label, don't they?
  14. Looking beyond the label to serve every client
  15. acknowledgment approach
  16. Assessment approaches
  17. role of the therapist
  Myth III : the mental health system is accessible to the disadvantaged
  Introduction : no clear pathways to the system
  18. Case : Joey
  19. Case : Sally
  20. Case : Barry
  21. Case : Tammy
  22. Case : Max
  Myth IV : the system of diagnostic labeling provides solutions to social problems
  Introduction : the ultimate betrayal
  23. Understanding the origins of labeling
  24. Defining what we mean by serious mental illness
  25. Facing the ultimate challenge
  App. Code of ethics of the national association of social workers.