This article casts a critical eye over the development of American psychiatry from 1980 to the
present. It notes the rapid decline of psychoanalysis that followed the publication of DSM III; …

It is often argued that successive editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM) have relaxed diagnostic criteria and thereby inflated rates of diagnosis …

Some aspects of psychiatrization can be understood as forms of concept creep, the
progressive expansion of concepts of harm. This article compares the two concepts and …

Expertise in what is being measured, predicted, explained, replicated, etc. requires the
development of scientific (conceptual) definitions. Yet an account of what that involves is …

In this paper, I argue for a new way to understand the integration of facts and values in the
concept of mental disorder that has the potential to avoid the flaws of previous hybrid …

One approach that has tried to define mental disorder is called" natural function objectivism."
According to natural function objectivism, it is possible to base the demarcation between …

Pupils—the learners of both educational thought and of educational practice—exist ever
more as data, as do the strictures and goals through which these pupils are pedagogically …

This article draws upon Foucauldian theory to consider the World Happiness Report 2021
(WHR 2021) as a site of psy-professional power. By detailing the distinct overlap between …

The fifth text-revised iteration of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5-TR) defines paraphilia as “any intense and persistent sexual interest other than …

Rural residents are less likely to seek help for mental distress than their urban counterparts.
Research has identified a number of attitudinal help-seeking barriers that may make mental …