Shorter, Edward,

What psychiatry left out of the DSM-5 : historical mental disorders today / Edward Shorter. - x, 188 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Disease designing -- Delirious mania -- Malignant catatonia -- Bipolar craziness -- Adolescent insanity -- Firewall -- Stages -- An alternative, history-based, nosology -- Conclusion.

9781138830905 (alk. paper) RM444.44 9781138830899 (alk. paper) 9781315736990


Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.


Mental disorders--Classification.
Mental disorders--Diagnosis.
Psychiatry--History.