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Participatory Interactive Objectivity in Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2022

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Şerife Tekin*
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Abstract

This paper challenges the exclusion of patients from epistemic practices in psychiatry by examining the creation and revision processes of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a document produced by the American Psychiatric Association that identifies the properties of mental disorders and thereby guides research, diagnosis, treatment, and various administrative tasks. It argues there are epistemic—rather than exclusively social/political—reasons for including patients in the DSM revision process. Individuals with mental disorders are indispensable resources to enhance psychiatric epistemology, especially in the context of the crisis, controversy, and uncertainty surrounding mental health research and treatment.

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Symposia Paper
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 89 , Issue 5 , December 2022 , pp. 1166 - 1175
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Philosophy of Science Association

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