Alternative Perspectives on Psychiatric Classification.

Cover -- Alternative Perspectives on Psychiatric Validation DSM, ICD, RDoC, and Beyond -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Part 1 Prologue -- 1 Introduction: The concept of validation in psychiatry and psychology -- Part 2 Matters more philosophical -- 2 Rethinking received views on the history of psychiatric nosology: Minor shifts, major continuities -- 3 Reality and utility unbound: An argument for dual-track nosologic validation -- 4 Validity, realism, and normativity -- 5 Natural and para-natural kinds in psychiatry -- 6 The background assumptions of measurement practices in psychological assessment and psychiatric diagnosis -- 7 Neuroimaging in psychiatry: Epistemological considerations -- 8 Translational validity across neuroscience and psychiatry -- 9 Psychiatry, objectivity, and realism about value -- 10 Scientific validity in psychiatry: Necessarily a moving target? -- Part 3 Matters (slightly) more clinical -- 11 The importance of structural validity -- 12 Validation of psychiatric classifications: The psychobiological model of personality as an exemplar -- 13 Person-centered integrative diagnosis: Bases, models, and guides -- 14 The four domains of mental illness (FDMI): An alternative to the DSM-5 -- Part 4 Epilogue -- 15 United in diversity: Are there convergent models of psychiatric validity? -- Index.

In this important new book in the IPPP series, a group of leading thinkers in psychiatry, psychology, and philosophy offer alternative perspectives that address both the scientific and clinical aspects of psychiatric validation, emphasizing throughout their philosophical and historical considerations.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.