I recently had a conversation with a friend about the DSM, which I’m always surprised when reminded that it’s an actual book that you can purchase. At the current going-rate of $149 ($199 for the hardbound), the retail price of the DSM has increased at twice the rate of inflation since the 3rd edition went into print in 1980 (it’s currently in its 5th iteration). The book provides a list of disorders used to diagnose, categorize, identify patients. If I were to allow myself a Foucauldian or Deleuzian slip, I might even call it an
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I recently had a conversation with a friend about the DSM, which I’m always surprised when reminded that it’s an actual book that you can purchase. At the current going-rate of $149 ($199 for the hardbound), the retail price of the DSM has increased at twice the rate of inflation since the 3rd edition went into print in 1980 (it’s currently in its 5th iteration). The book provides a list of disorders used to diagnose, categorize, identify patients. If I were to allow myself a Foucauldian or Deleuzian slip, I might even call it an