?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Psychiatry's+Turbid+Solution&rft.creator=Richters%2C+John+E.&rft.creator=Hinshaw%2C++Stephen+P.&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.description=Psychiatry%3Fs+generic+concept+of+disorder+has+long+served+an+important+legitimizing+function+for+the+broad+array+of+conditions+for+which+individuals+seek+mental+health+treatment%2C+regardless+of+their+presumed+causes.+Wakefield%3Fs+proposal+to+restrict+the+mental+disorder+concept+to+only+a+subset+of+these+conditions+has+given+rise+to+concerns+about+the+uncertain+consequences+of+classifying+others+as+non-disorders.+In+Bergner%3Fs+recent+counterproposal%2C+this+concern+is+masked+in+the+form+of+a+conspicuously+overinclusive+definition+of+mental+disorder.+Bergner%3Fs+resistance+to+Wakefield%3Fs+classification+objective+underscores+an+important%2C+unmet%2C+and+often+unacknowledged+need+within+the+clinical+treatment+community.+The+challenge+ahead+lies+in+finding+ways+to+address+this+need+without+compromising+the+integrity+of+efforts+to+develop+a+more+coherent+concept+of+mental+disorder.&rft.contributor=Kazdin%2C+Alan&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1015%2F3%2Fs_Turbid_Solution.pdf&rft.identifier=++Richters%2C+John+E.+and+Hinshaw%2C+Stephen+P.++(1997)+Psychiatry's+Turbid+Solution.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1015%2F