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A Manifesto for Mental HealthAppreciating the Functions of Diagnoses

A Manifesto for Mental Health: Appreciating the Functions of Diagnoses [Alternatives to biomedical diagnosis in mental health care must address the functions diagnoses set out to serve. To implement a shift from a solely biomedical to a psychosocial approach, and to help deliver better, more responsive, more effective, services, we need to reform our systems for identifying, recording and responding to our problems. Significant change is needed, but despite the overwhelming influence that biomedical approaches have on our understanding of the nature of our psychological health, the various laws and policies underpinning our health and social care systems could easily accommodate such changes.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Manifesto for Mental HealthAppreciating the Functions of Diagnoses

Kinderman, Peter
Springer Journals — Sep 23, 2019
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-24385-2
Pages
133 –153
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-24386-9_6
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Abstract

[Alternatives to biomedical diagnosis in mental health care must address the functions diagnoses set out to serve. To implement a shift from a solely biomedical to a psychosocial approach, and to help deliver better, more responsive, more effective, services, we need to reform our systems for identifying, recording and responding to our problems. Significant change is needed, but despite the overwhelming influence that biomedical approaches have on our understanding of the nature of our psychological health, the various laws and policies underpinning our health and social care systems could easily accommodate such changes.]

Published: Sep 23, 2019

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