Kristie Madsen is a medical social worker at Mendocino Coast District Hospital in Fort Bragg, California. She lives in Fort Bragg. Peter Leech is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist. He lives in Fort Bragg, California.

• Table of ContentsPreface      1. Making the Case Against Diagnostic Labeling      Myth I: The Mental Health System Truly Serves the Public GoodIntroduction: The Myth of Serving the Public Good      2. What We Believe About Helping Professionals      3. The Therapist Always Knows Best      4. What We Mean by Mental Health      5. The Medical Model      6. The World of Secrecy      7. Twin Sisters of Different Mothers: Disability or Disorder?      Myth II: The DSMMD Applies to Every ClientIntroduction: When the DSMMD Just Doesn’t Serve      8. Humpty Dumpty’s Guide to the DSMMD:Critical Issues in the Diagnostic Approach      9. About Fitting the Square Peg into the Round Hole      10. Looking Deeper into the Pond: Continuing the CaseAgainst Diagnostic Labeling      11. The Mental Health Paradox: Helping or Harming      12. Special Forever: A Kid’s Worst Nightmare!      13. Everyone Needs a Label, Don’t They?      14. Looking Beyond the Label to Serve Every Client      15. The Acknowledgment Approach      16. Assessment Approaches      17. The Role of the Therapist      Myth III: The Mental Health System is Accessible to the DisadvantagedIntroduction: No Clear Pathways to the System      18. Case: Joey      19. Case: Sally      20. Case: Barry      21. Case: Tammy      22. Case: Max      Myth IV: The System of Diagnostic Labeling Provides Solutions to Social ProblemsIntroduction: The Ultimate Betrayal      23. Understanding the Origins of Labeling      24. Defining What We Mean by Serious Mental Illness      25. Facing the Ultimate Challenge      Afterthoughts      Appendix: Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers      Notes      Bibliography      Index

Kristie Madsen is a medical social worker at Mendocino Coast District Hospital in Fort Bragg, California. She lives in Fort Bragg. Peter Leech is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist. He lives in Fort Bragg, California.

• Table of ContentsPreface      1. Making the Case Against Diagnostic Labeling      Myth I: The Mental Health System Truly Serves the Public GoodIntroduction: The Myth of Serving the Public Good      2. What We Believe About Helping Professionals      3. The Therapist Always Knows Best      4. What We Mean by Mental Health      5. The Medical Model      6. The World of Secrecy      7. Twin Sisters of Different Mothers: Disability or Disorder?      Myth II: The DSMMD Applies to Every ClientIntroduction: When the DSMMD Just Doesn’t Serve      8. Humpty Dumpty’s Guide to the DSMMD:Critical Issues in the Diagnostic Approach      9. About Fitting the Square Peg into the Round Hole      10. Looking Deeper into the Pond: Continuing the CaseAgainst Diagnostic Labeling      11. The Mental Health Paradox: Helping or Harming      12. Special Forever: A Kid’s Worst Nightmare!      13. Everyone Needs a Label, Don’t They?      14. Looking Beyond the Label to Serve Every Client      15. The Acknowledgment Approach      16. Assessment Approaches      17. The Role of the Therapist      Myth III: The Mental Health System is Accessible to the DisadvantagedIntroduction: No Clear Pathways to the System      18. Case: Joey      19. Case: Sally      20. Case: Barry      21. Case: Tammy      22. Case: Max      Myth IV: The System of Diagnostic Labeling Provides Solutions to Social ProblemsIntroduction: The Ultimate Betrayal      23. Understanding the Origins of Labeling      24. Defining What We Mean by Serious Mental Illness      25. Facing the Ultimate Challenge      Afterthoughts      Appendix: Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers      Notes      Bibliography      Index

Kristie Madsen is a medical social worker at Mendocino Coast District Hospital in Fort Bragg, California. She lives in Fort Bragg. Peter Leech is a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist. He lives in Fort Bragg, California.

• Table of ContentsPreface      1. Making the Case Against Diagnostic Labeling      Myth I: The Mental Health System Truly Serves the Public GoodIntroduction: The Myth of Serving the Public Good      2. What We Believe About Helping Professionals      3. The Therapist Always Knows Best      4. What We Mean by Mental Health      5. The Medical Model      6. The World of Secrecy      7. Twin Sisters of Different Mothers: Disability or Disorder?      Myth II: The DSMMD Applies to Every ClientIntroduction: When the DSMMD Just Doesn’t Serve      8. Humpty Dumpty’s Guide to the DSMMD:Critical Issues in the Diagnostic Approach      9. About Fitting the Square Peg into the Round Hole      10. Looking Deeper into the Pond: Continuing the CaseAgainst Diagnostic Labeling      11. The Mental Health Paradox: Helping or Harming      12. Special Forever: A Kid’s Worst Nightmare!      13. Everyone Needs a Label, Don’t They?      14. Looking Beyond the Label to Serve Every Client      15. The Acknowledgment Approach      16. Assessment Approaches      17. The Role of the Therapist      Myth III: The Mental Health System is Accessible to the DisadvantagedIntroduction: No Clear Pathways to the System      18. Case: Joey      19. Case: Sally      20. Case: Barry      21. Case: Tammy      22. Case: Max      Myth IV: The System of Diagnostic Labeling Provides Solutions to Social ProblemsIntroduction: The Ultimate Betrayal      23. Understanding the Origins of Labeling      24. Defining What We Mean by Serious Mental Illness      25. Facing the Ultimate Challenge      Afterthoughts      Appendix: Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers      Notes      Bibliography      Index