The value of fees in child guidance work 1 |
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| Authors: | Natalie Rubin Matenko |
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| Institution: | Clinical Social Worker , UMass Memorial Medical Center , Department of Ambulatory Psychiatry , Worcester, MA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Diagnoses are labels that have a powerful effect. Linguistic anthropology provides the tools necessary to study how diagnosis projects meaning based on underlying linguistic assumptions and culture of usage. I will employ anthropologically-based linguistic theories to analyze the diagnostic system utilized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), and to examine the impact of the diagnosis of schizophrenia on the minds of the diagnostician and the labeled client. |
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| Keywords: | Linguistic anthropology social work diagnosis DSM-IV severe mental illness |
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