Behaviorally-Based Disorders: The Historical Social Construction of Youths' Most Prevalent Psychiatric Diagnoses

Christopher A Mallett

doi:10.1177/0957154X06063760

Behaviorally-Based Disorders: The Historical Social Construction of Youths' Most Prevalent Psychiatric Diagnoses

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The article discusses the historical social construction of the most prevalent diagnosis of youth in the U.S. The country's psychiatry controls the definitions of mental health disorders and diagnosis through required practice utilization of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. A research is conducted through a social construction theoretical paradigm to identify diagnostic classification systems, nosology changes, and critical time periods.

Original language	American English
Journal	History of Psychiatry
Volume	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X06063760
State	Published - Dec 1 2006

Keywords

behaviorally-based diagnosis
mental health
nosology
psychiatry
social construction
youth

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Child Psychology
Mental Disorders
Psychiatry and Psychology

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