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Revising Psychiatry's Charter Document: "DSM-IV."
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McCarthy, Lucille Parkinson; Gerring, Joan Page – Written Communication, 1994
Reports findings from a three-year study by a composition researcher and a psychiatrist of the revision of an important mental health book: "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders." Examines the revision using three methodologies. Concludes that the revision functions to achieve certain social and political effects. (HB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Collaborative Writing, Communication Research, Discourse Modes