A proposito della valutazione psichiatrica
This article scrutinizes the evaluation criteria which operate in the field of psychiatry and psychology. It focuses, in particular, on the American psychiatric manual DSM- 5, showing that its use of a quantitative and statistic language tends to erase specific subjectivity. The language used is ful...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mimesis Edizioni, Milano
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Im@go. A Journal of the Social Imaginary |
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| Online Access: | http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/IMAGO/article/view/1164 |
| Summary: | This article scrutinizes the evaluation criteria which operate in the field of psychiatry and psychology. It focuses, in particular, on the American psychiatric manual DSM- 5, showing that its use of a quantitative and statistic language tends to erase specific subjectivity. The language used is fully supported by the university discourse imposing a main signfier, the Lacanian Un. The article also examines the function of the imaginary within the evaluating procedures and its relevance regarding the current definitions of disorder and mental health. |
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| ISSN: | 2281-8138 2281-8138 |