Defining a Mental Disorder

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…definitional guidelines described in the DSM-IV provide a procedure for analysis, and therefore are only as good as their application within a culture. References Emery, R.E., & Oltmanns, T.F. (1998). Abnormal Psychology (2nd ed.). Upper Sadle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Kleinman, A. (1988). What is a psychiatric diagnosis? In A. Kleinman (Ed.), Rethinking psychiatry (pp. 5-17). New York: The Free Press. Wakefield, J.C. (1992). On the boundary between biological facts and social values. American Psychologist, 47, 373-388.