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DSM-5 Faces Global Backlash: An International Call for Culturally Affirming and Decolonizing Mental Health Practices
Calls to decolonize mental health and replace the current DSM-5 diagnostic model gain momentum.
By Woanjun Lee -May 25, 2023
www.madinamerica.com/2023/05/dsm-5-faces-global-backlash-an-international-call-for-culturally-affirming-and-decolonizing-mental-health-practices/
A global movement is calling for a change to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the American Psychiatric Association’s approach to assessing and diagnosing mental disorders. A new publication from the International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling reviews the emerging efforts to challenge and replace the DSM-5 framework.
Researchers led by Krista Malott specifically point to the critical limitations of DSM-5 and its diagnostic medical model. In particular, the DSM has faced increasing criticism due to its apparent insensitivity to cultural context and norms and its alleged ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
“Mental health counseling is a profoundly political experience. As asserted by the self-described decolonizing therapist, Mullan: ‘We cannot heal drinking from a poisoned river’… A multitude of stakeholders across the globe, from scholars, to practitioners, to clients receiving mental health services, are fighting to redress that poison. In spite of these efforts, the current DSM system remains entrenched, reifying the status quo and, as a consequence, failing and at times harming clientele.”
Original Article
Published: 13 January 2023
Towards Decolonizing Diagnosis: a Critical Review and Suggested Alternatives
Krista M. Malott, Shanee Barraclough & Terrence Yee
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling volume 45, pages1–17 (2023)
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10447-022-09501-0
Calls to decolonize mental health and replace the current DSM-5 diagnostic model gain momentum.
By Woanjun Lee -May 25, 2023
www.madinamerica.com/2023/05/dsm-5-faces-global-backlash-an-international-call-for-culturally-affirming-and-decolonizing-mental-health-practices/
A global movement is calling for a change to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), the American Psychiatric Association’s approach to assessing and diagnosing mental disorders. A new publication from the International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling reviews the emerging efforts to challenge and replace the DSM-5 framework.
Researchers led by Krista Malott specifically point to the critical limitations of DSM-5 and its diagnostic medical model. In particular, the DSM has faced increasing criticism due to its apparent insensitivity to cultural context and norms and its alleged ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
“Mental health counseling is a profoundly political experience. As asserted by the self-described decolonizing therapist, Mullan: ‘We cannot heal drinking from a poisoned river’… A multitude of stakeholders across the globe, from scholars, to practitioners, to clients receiving mental health services, are fighting to redress that poison. In spite of these efforts, the current DSM system remains entrenched, reifying the status quo and, as a consequence, failing and at times harming clientele.”
Original Article
Published: 13 January 2023
Towards Decolonizing Diagnosis: a Critical Review and Suggested Alternatives
Krista M. Malott, Shanee Barraclough & Terrence Yee
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling volume 45, pages1–17 (2023)
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10447-022-09501-0