Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: American Insanity: The Demise of the Elite and a Critical/Historical Analysis of the DSM. The International Classification of Diseases, Sixth Edition (ICD-6; World HealthOrganization, 1949) is a universal health care management tool for examining the pathology of diseases and how to properly diagnose and treat said diseases.The birth of the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-I; American Psychiatric Association, 1952) is the product of the ICD and the American Medico-psychological Association and first delivered shortly after the end of the Second World War.As per request of the American Armed Forces, which were ill-equipped to manage the surge of mental disorders after the war, the need for a uniform classification system to diagnose the rising number of disorders classified as numerous names and symptoms, or inexistent in medical nomenclature, was perceived to be undoubtedly dire.Unlike the ICD, the DSM was constructed particularly for American classifications of mental disorders and psychosis, both organic and inorganic, which would in the course of over 60 years expand its diagnosis to thousands of American civilians.Since the first publication of the DSM, there have been six additional publications that essentially define what is "normal" and "deviant" as it relates to social behavior and function.The purpose of this research is to examine the trend of Axis II 1 The "other", as it relates to the argument, represents an established prototype of "normal" (i.e.ethnic, racial, and behavioral) by articulating what is abnormal within a society structured by a class system.Likewise, the "other" relates to citizens of nations abroad, both racially and ethnically, that do not adhere to American values.
Author: Tiffany B. Hunter
Institution: Wright State University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2540747935