Paula Caplan

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Paula Caplan
Born Paula Joan Caplan
(1947-07-07)7 July 1947
United States of America
Nationality American
Fields Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis
Institutions DuBois Institute, Harvard University
Alma mater Radcliffe College, Harvard University (A.B.),
Duke University (M.A., Ph.D.)
Known for Criticism of psychiatric diagnoses
Notable awards Christine Ladd-Franklin Award

Paula Joan Caplan (born July 7, 1947 in Springfield, Missouri) is a clinical and research psychologist. She is currently an Associate at Harvard University's DuBois Institute, working on the Voices of Diversity project, and a Fellow at the Women and Public Policy Program of the Kennedy School at Harvard. Previously she was full professor of psychology, assistant professor of psychiatry, and lecturer in Women's Studies at the University of Toronto, and was chosen by the American Psychological Association as an "eminent woman psychologist". She is the author of The Myth of Women's Masochism and Don't Blame Mother, plus a number of other books. Her twelfth and latest book is When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of Us Can Help Veterans, won the 2011 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in the Psychology category.[1][2]

Since the 1980s, Caplan has been concerned about the subjectivity of psychiatric diagnosis, and people being arbitrarily “slapped with a psychiatric label”. Caplan says because psychiatric diagnosis is unregulated, doctors aren’t required to spend much time interviewing patients or to seek a second opinion. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders can lead a psychiatrist to focus on narrow checklists of symptoms, with little consideration of what is actually causing the patient’s problems. So, according to Caplan, getting a psychiatric diagnosis and label often stands in the way of recovery.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D.". Psychology Today. 
  2. ↑ Douglas Eby. "Paula Caplan Interview". Talent Development Resources. 
  3. ↑ Paula J. Caplan (April 28, 2012). "Psychiatry’s bible, the DSM, is doing more harm than good". Washington Post. 

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