Paula J Caplan
Biographic Data
| ID | 218544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paula J Caplan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paula J |
| FAMILY NAME | Caplan |
| SIGNATURE | CAPLAN P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Christian Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Another Damaging Use of the “Schizophrenia” Label . . . and What Seemed About to Help
The use of the label “schizophrenia,” which does not have a scientific basis or validation, tends to lead prospective helpers of suffering people away from what can truly help and toward approaches that cause serious harm. A nonpathologizing approach—listening to the person tell their story—held great promise but was prematurely stopped
Elephant in the Living Room: “Obesity Epidemic,” Psychiatric Drugs, and Psychiatric Diagnosis
There has been almost no public discussion of the role of psychiatric medications in substantial weight gain, despite a large increase in prescription of these medications. This article is about possible reasons for lack of attention to this connection. Second, the article includes a critique of the proposal to include “obesity” as a mental illness in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Teaching Critical Thinking about Psychology of Sex and Gender
Growing up Jewish: The Shaping of One Activist
In a few minutes in 1996, all in a rush, I wrote a monologue for the character of Amalia Freud, Sigmund's mother, for my play Call Me Crazy. While raising my children, I had foregone the temptation
Sex Differences in Antisocial Behavior: Does Research Methodology Produce or Abolish Them
The literature on sex differences in antisocial behavior is classified into two categories: those studies which demonstrate boys to be more antisocial and those which show no difference. It is pointed out that both a failure experience and the presence of an adult during the dependent measure are conducive to the first type of outcome, whereas success or no-failure experiences and the absence of an adult are conducive to the second type. These el…
The Debate About PMDD and Sarafem: Suggestions for Therapists
Complex and delicate issues of ethics and practice confront the feminist therapist in working with women who have been diagnosed, or have diagnosed themselves, as having “Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder” (PMDD). The complexity arises from a combination of the fact that PMDD is an invented “mental illness” that has never been proven to exist, the aggressive marketing campaign created by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly for its drug Sarafem-which is …
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde: How PMS Became a Cultural Phenomenon and a Psychiatric Disorder
In this article we trace the historical, cultural, political, and economic forces that led to the social construction of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). The popularity of these diagnostic labels among medical professionals, the general public, and women themselves is considered and explored, as is the damage that the labels can do to women in general, as well as those who receive a diagnosis. Suggestions ar…
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A First-Person Story
Real physical illnesses are often misinterpreted and mis-diagnosed as psychological or at least as psychogenic problems, especially in women and especially when the illness is not well understood. This is a first-person story about the author's history of what ultimately was diagnosed as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The frustrating political, social, medical, and economic contexts of living with this syndrome are described on the basis of the author…
Obituary: Dorothy Dinnerstein (1923-1992)
Dorothy Dinnerstein (1923–1992)
They Say You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal
Weak Ego Boundaries: One Developing Feminist's Story
No abstract available for this article
Dedication
No abstract available for this article
Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World
Lifting a Ton of Feathers is not only a survival guide, it is also a destroyer of academic myths about women's career chances in the university, and a revelation of the catch-22 positions in which women find themselves. Caplan demonstrates that while many women believe that when they fail it is their fault, their fate is more likely to be sealed by their encounter with the male environment, and by the manner in which they are tossed about by it. …
Lifting a Ton of Feathers, a Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World
Reply to Mary Brown Parlee's Commentary on PMS and Psychiatric Anomaly
Should `Premenstrual Syndrome' be Called a Psychiatric Abnormality
The mental health and political implications of the classification of `Premenstrual Syndrome' (PMS) as a psychiatric disorder are discussed, and the way research in this field is plagued with methodological errors is used to illustrate the power of the political agenda for adopting this deeply flawed and dangerous category
Gender Issues in the Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
No abstract available for this article
Driving Us Crazy: How Oppression Damages Women's Mental Health and What We Can Do About It
No abstract available for this article
Delusional Dominating Personality Disorder
What's Happening these Days with the DSM
Is there Empirical Justification for the Category of `Self-Defeating Personality Disorder
The empirical literature on Self-Defeating Personality Disorder (SDPD) that has appeared since the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-III-R was published is reviewed from several standpoints, including the dangers it poses to women by pathologizing them. It is concluded that there is a paucity of research; that some of what exists is seriously flawed methodologically; that some shows that SDPD criteria lack face validity; that the category ha…
The anatomy of dominance and self-protection
Making Mother-Blaming Visible: The Emporer's New Clothes
No abstract available for this article
The Name Game: Psychiatry, Misogyny, and Taxonomy
No abstract available for this article
Do sex-related differences in spatial abilities exist? A multilevel critique with new data
Should `Premenstrual Syndrome' be Called a Psychiatric Abnormality
The mental health and political implications of the classification of `Premenstrual Syndrome' (PMS) as a psychiatric disorder are discussed, and the way research in this field is plagued with methodological errors is used to illustrate the power of the political agenda for adopting this deeply flawed and dangerous category
Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World
Lifting a Ton of Feathers is not only a survival guide, it is also a destroyer of academic myths about women's career chances in the university, and a revelation of the catch-22 positions in which women find themselves. Caplan demonstrates that while many women believe that when they fail it is their fault, their fate is more likely to be sealed by their encounter with the male environment, and by the manner in which they are tossed about by it. …
The myth of women's masochism
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde: How PMS Became a Cultural Phenomenon and a Psychiatric Disorder
In this article we trace the historical, cultural, political, and economic forces that led to the social construction of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). The popularity of these diagnostic labels among medical professionals, the general public, and women themselves is considered and explored, as is the damage that the labels can do to women in general, as well as those who receive a diagnosis. Suggestions ar…
Driving Us Crazy: How Oppression Damages Women's Mental Health and What We Can Do About It
No abstract available for this article
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A First-Person Story
Real physical illnesses are often misinterpreted and mis-diagnosed as psychological or at least as psychogenic problems, especially in women and especially when the illness is not well understood. This is a first-person story about the author's history of what ultimately was diagnosed as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The frustrating political, social, medical, and economic contexts of living with this syndrome are described on the basis of the author…
Delusional Dominating Personality Disorder
Making Mother-Blaming Visible: The Emporer's New Clothes
No abstract available for this article
The Debate About PMDD and Sarafem: Suggestions for Therapists
Complex and delicate issues of ethics and practice confront the feminist therapist in working with women who have been diagnosed, or have diagnosed themselves, as having “Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder” (PMDD). The complexity arises from a combination of the fact that PMDD is an invented “mental illness” that has never been proven to exist, the aggressive marketing campaign created by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly for its drug Sarafem-which is …
Gender Issues in the Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
No abstract available for this article
Is there Empirical Justification for the Category of `Self-Defeating Personality Disorder
The empirical literature on Self-Defeating Personality Disorder (SDPD) that has appeared since the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-III-R was published is reviewed from several standpoints, including the dangers it poses to women by pathologizing them. It is concluded that there is a paucity of research; that some of what exists is seriously flawed methodologically; that some shows that SDPD criteria lack face validity; that the category ha…
Teaching Critical Thinking about Psychology of Sex and Gender
What's Happening these Days with the DSM
The anatomy of dominance and self-protection
The Name Game: Psychiatry, Misogyny, and Taxonomy
No abstract available for this article
Erikson's concept of inner space: A data-based reevaluation
An analytical critique is presented of Erikson's theory that physical differences between the sexes produce differences in spatial organization, and of the experiment cited in support of that theory. Results of a new experiment are reported, which run counter to the original findings and suggest that the theory of "inner space" be reevaluated
Sex Differences in a Delinquent Clinic Population
PAULA J. CAPLAN, GEORGE A. AWAD, CORINNE WILKS, GEORGINA WHITE; SEX DIFFERENCES IN A DELINQUENT CLINIC POPULATION, The British Journal of Criminology, Volu
Between Women: Lowering the Barriers
No abstract available for this article
The myth of women's masochism
The scapegoating of mothers: A call for change
Mother-blaming in major clinical journals
The incidence of mother-blaming in major clinical journals was investigated for the years 1970, 1976, and 1982 to determine whether reductions have resulted from the efforts of the women's movement. Very few changes were found across the target years, and mother-blaming was only slightly affected by type of journal and by sex of author
Do sex-related differences in spatial abilities exist? A multilevel critique with new data
The magnified molehill and the misplaced focus: Sex-related differences in spatial ability revisited
The magnified molehill and the misplaced focus: Sex-related differences in spatial ability revisited
Mother blaming: The authors reply
The Name Game: Psychiatry, Misogyny, and Taxonomy
No abstract available for this article
Making Mother-Blaming Visible: The Emporer's New Clothes
No abstract available for this article
Delusional Dominating Personality Disorder
What's Happening these Days with the DSM
Is there Empirical Justification for the Category of `Self-Defeating Personality Disorder
The empirical literature on Self-Defeating Personality Disorder (SDPD) that has appeared since the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-III-R was published is reviewed from several standpoints, including the dangers it poses to women by pathologizing them. It is concluded that there is a paucity of research; that some of what exists is seriously flawed methodologically; that some shows that SDPD criteria lack face validity; that the category ha…
The anatomy of dominance and self-protection
Reply to Mary Brown Parlee's Commentary on PMS and Psychiatric Anomaly
Should `Premenstrual Syndrome' be Called a Psychiatric Abnormality
The mental health and political implications of the classification of `Premenstrual Syndrome' (PMS) as a psychiatric disorder are discussed, and the way research in this field is plagued with methodological errors is used to illustrate the power of the political agenda for adopting this deeply flawed and dangerous category
Gender Issues in the Diagnosis of Mental Disorder
No abstract available for this article
Driving Us Crazy: How Oppression Damages Women's Mental Health and What We Can Do About It
No abstract available for this article
Lifting a Ton of Feathers, a Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World
Weak Ego Boundaries: One Developing Feminist's Story
No abstract available for this article
Dedication
No abstract available for this article
Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide to Surviving in the Academic World
Lifting a Ton of Feathers is not only a survival guide, it is also a destroyer of academic myths about women's career chances in the university, and a revelation of the catch-22 positions in which women find themselves. Caplan demonstrates that while many women believe that when they fail it is their fault, their fate is more likely to be sealed by their encounter with the male environment, and by the manner in which they are tossed about by it. …
Obituary: Dorothy Dinnerstein (1923-1992)
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