caa a22 4500 397524609 CHVBK 20180308164641.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19950801xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/3096856 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.2307/3096856 Sexual Symmetry in Psychiatric Diagnosis [Elektronische Daten] [Jo Dixon, Cynthia Gordon, Tasnim Khomusi] While proponents of the psychiatric perspective submit that diagnosis using DSM is sex symmetrical, i.e., males and females with similar mental illness symptoms receive the same diagnosis, followers of the labeling perspective argue that diagnosis is not sex symmetrical, i.e., males and females with similar symptoms receive diagnosis that is concomitant with sex role expectations. Research provides conflicting evidence on the effects of sex on diagnosis, but it has been suggested that the effects of sex found in previous research have been eradicated with the introduction of DSM, an ostensibly objective diagnostic system based solely on symptomatology. We offer a convergence thesis arguing that the effects of sex depend on whether one is using Axis-l clinical or Axis-II personality mental health categories for diagnosis. To test the accuracy of this claim, we asked 152 psychiatrists to use both Axis-l clinical and Axis-II personality categories to diagnose a case. Each psychiatrist received either a male, female, or sex-unspecified client with identical symptoms. Results support the convergence thesis since diagnosis using DSM-III-R is sex symmetrical when Axis-I clinical disorders are applied and sex asymmetrical when Axis-II personality disorders are utilized. We conclude that labeling in psychiatric diagnosis based on sex varies across mental health categories. © 1995 Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc. Five Other Papers nationallicence Dixon Jo New York University aut Gordon Cynthia New York University aut Khomusi Tasnim New York University aut Social Problems Oxford University Press 42/3(1995-08-01), 429-448 0037-7791 42:3<429 1995 42 socpro https://doi.org/10.2307/3096856 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/3096856 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dixon Jo New York University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gordon Cynthia New York University aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khomusi Tasnim New York University aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Problems Oxford University Press 42/3(1995-08-01), 429-448 0037-7791 42:3<429 1995 42 socpro Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford