Lois Holzman |

18 Jan Still More on DSM-5

Posted at 03:12h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Health Care, Human Development, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 0 Comments

January 17, 2012 Here’s some other voices speaking about the DSM-5. First, Dr. Anthony Rao. Tony is a pediatric psychologist, founder of Behavioral Solutions in Lexington MA, and author of The Way of Boys: Promoting the Social and Emotional Development of Young Boys. I met Tony in 2010 when I interviewed him...

09 Jan More on The DSM-5 Controversy

Posted at 17:47h in DSM-5, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy, Wittgenstein 0 Comments

January 9, 2012 To go a bit deeper into the underlying problems with the theory and practice of psychology that the controversy over the DSM-5 exposes, I invite you to do some philosophizing. What assumptions must people be making— about persons; therapy, the therapeutic relationship and therapeutic discourse; illness, cure and treatment; emotions...

04 Jan The Real Problem with the DSM-5

Posted at 19:09h in DSM-5, Health Care, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapy 9 Comments

January 4, 2012 I’ve been following the controversy over the latest revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as the DSM-5. Compiled and published by the American Psychiatric Association, the DSM is the diagnostic bible for mental health professionals the world over—and a cash cow for the...