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Direct linkCole, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2013
This commentary traces discussions of psychological differences and deficits from the mid-1950s to the current day, positioning the disciplinary discussions in the social-historical context in which they took place. The challenges of assessing diagnoses of deficit and the potential harms that result when misdiagnosis is implemented as social…
Descriptors: Psychological Testing, Cultural Context, Social Environment, Ethnicity
Download full textStanley, Peter – Kairaranga, 2006
This is the first of two articles that provide a critique of categorisation and of the biomedical interpretation of personal adjustment issues experienced by children and youth. In this paper the appraisal is made by the devising of an imaginary mental illness, through the presentation of some important theoretical frameworks, by considering…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Policy Analysis, Student Adjustment, Adjustment (to Environment)
