?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Abduction+of+Disorder+in+Psychiatry&rft.creator=Richters%2C+John+E.&rft.creator=Hinshaw%2C+Stephen+P.&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.description=The+evolutionary+cornerstone+of+J.+C.+Wakefield's+(1999)+harmful+dysfunction+thesis+is+a+faulty+assumption+of+comparability+between+mental+and+biological+processes+that+overlooks+the+unique+plasticity+and+openness+of+the+brain%3Fs+functioning+design.+This+omission+leads+Wakefield+to+an+idealized+concept+of+natural+mental+functions%2C+illusory+interpretations+of+mental+disorders+as+harmful+dysfunctions%2C+and+exaggerated+claims+for+the+validity+of+his+explanatory+and+stipulative+proposals.+The+authors+argue+that+there+are+numerous+ways+in+which+evolutionarily+intact+mental+and+psychological+processes%2C+combined+with+striking+discontinuities+within+and+between+evolutionary+and+contemporary+social%2Fcultural+environments%2C+may+cause+non-dysfunction+variants+of+many+widely+accepted+major+mental+disorders.+These+examples+undermine+many+of+Wakefield's+arguments+for+adopting+a+harmful+dysfunction+concept+of+mental+disorder.&rft.publisher=American+Psychological+Association&rft.contributor=Clark%2C+Lee+Anna&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1026%2F3%2FThe_Abduction_of_Disorder_in_Psychiatry.pdf&rft.identifier=++Richters%2C+John+E.+and+Hinshaw%2C+Stephen+P.++(1999)+The+Abduction+of+Disorder+in+Psychiatry.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1026%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>