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Psychiatric Diagnosis: Problems and Options
Paula J Caplan, PhD
DuBois Institute, Harvard University
Thursday, May 23
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Psychiatric Diagnosis: Problems and Options
Paula J Caplan, PhD
DuBois Institute, Harvard University
According to Doctor Caplan, psychiatric diagnosis is not scientifically grounded, does not reduce human suffering, and carries a wide array of serious risks of harm. A great many systems and factors lead to the creation and purveying of psychiatric classification, but the enterprise is totally unregulated, leaving people harmed by these labels with no recourse. Dr. Caplan offers significant scientific evidence to support these concerns. She offers concrete alternatives for therapists, ways to try to reduce harm to clients from psychiatric diagnoses and recent national actions taken in an attempt to create accountability on behalf of people seeking professional help for their personal struggles.
Objectives
After this training participants will be able to:
(1) describe 3 limitations of psychiatric diagnoses
(2) list 3 kinds of harm resulting from psychiatric diagnoses
(3) list 3 ways to reduce harm done to clients, including recent
forms of activism
Workshop Agenda
1:00 PM -2:15 PM
- Limitations of psychiatric diagnoses:
- Science
- Clinical limitations
- Harm caused to patients and the general public
2:15 PM -2:30 PM BREAK (15 minutes)
2:30 PM -4:00 PM
- Alternatives
- Working with patients without relying on DSM diagnoses
- Public activism and other efforts to reduce harm to patients and the public
4:00 PM-4:15 PM
- Wrap-up and evaluation
Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D., is a clinical and research psychologist and Associate at Harvard University's DuBois Institute. She received her A.B. with honors from Radcliffe College of Harvard University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from Duke University.
Previously, she spent two years as a Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program of Harvard Kennedy School, both at Harvard University. She has been a Lecturer at Harvard, teaching Myths of Motherhood; Girls’ and Women’s Psychological Development over the Lifespan; and Psychology of Sex and Gender. She is former Full Professor of Applied Psychology and Head of the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, where she also headed the School Psychology and Community Psychology programs, and former Lecturer in Women’s Studies and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Caplan is also an advocate, activist, and playwright, author of 11 books and editor of a 12th, and author of dozens of book chapters and articles in scholarly journals, as well as of numerous articles and essays in popular publications. She has given hundreds of invited addresses and invited workshops and done more than 1,000 media interviews. Her books include They Say You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal and Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis. Her first play, CALL ME CRAZY, deals with psychiatric diagnosis and is based on what she learned during the two years she served on two DSM-IV committees; it won a national playwriting award. More information about her work is availablepsychdiagnosis.weebly.com and paulajcaplan.net.
This program offers 3 CE credits formarriage and family therapists, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, and psychiatric advanced practice nurses.
The fee for this event is $45 ($20 for full time students). There is an additional charge of $10 for late payment or payment at the door. There is no fee for Psychological Centers staff.
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