Relevant literature about the DSM (diagnostic statistical manual) of psychiatry.

 

‘Being sane in insane places’ is a must paper to understand the history of the DSM and problems of psychiatric diagnosis: see http://www.stanford.edu/~kocabas/onbeingsane.pdf

 

 

DSM-III and the revolution in the classification of mental illness (Mayes & Horowitz)

http://www.richmond.edu/~bmayes/pdf/DSMIII.pdf

 

 

Putting DSM-IV in perspective (AJP).

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/155/2/159  

 

 

The revolution in psychiatric diagnosis, problems at the foundations (Galatzer-Levy) http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/perspectives_in_biology_and_medicine/v050/50.2galatzer-levy.html

 

 

Distinguishing between the validity and utility of psychiatric diagnosis (Kendell Jablensky)

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/160/1/4

 

 

In sickness and in health (science news Oct Vol 302)

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/302/5646/808

 

 

Psychiatric disorders: A Conceptual Taxonomy (Zachar & Kendler)

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/164/4/557