The DSM: mindful science or mindless power? A critical review

In this paper we review the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental health (DSM), its scientific bases and utility. The concepts of “normality,” “pathology,” and boundaries between them are critically reviewed. We further use the concepts of mindfulness and mindlessness, and evidence from cognit...

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Autores principales: Khoury, Bassam, Langer, Ellen J., Pagnini, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4060802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987385
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00602
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description In this paper we review the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental health (DSM), its scientific bases and utility. The concepts of “normality,” “pathology,” and boundaries between them are critically reviewed. We further use the concepts of mindfulness and mindlessness, and evidence from cognitive and social sciences to investigate the DSM clinical and social impact and we argue against its assigned overpower. We recommend including alternative perspectives to the DSM, such as mindfulness and positive psychology. We also argue for including mindfulness training in psychiatric residency and clinical psychology programs.
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spelling pubmed-40608022014-07-01 The DSM: mindful science or mindless power? A critical review Khoury, Bassam Langer, Ellen J. Pagnini, Francesco Front Psychol Psychology In this paper we review the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental health (DSM), its scientific bases and utility. The concepts of “normality,” “pathology,” and boundaries between them are critically reviewed. We further use the concepts of mindfulness and mindlessness, and evidence from cognitive and social sciences to investigate the DSM clinical and social impact and we argue against its assigned overpower. We recommend including alternative perspectives to the DSM, such as mindfulness and positive psychology. We also argue for including mindfulness training in psychiatric residency and clinical psychology programs. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4060802/ /pubmed/24987385 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00602 Text en Copyright © 2014 Khoury, Langer and Pagnini. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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