Sandra Hamilton’s research while affiliated with University of Oregon and other places

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Sex bias, diagnosis, and DSM-III
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January 1986

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Robyn M. Dawes

Sixty-five licensed clinical psychologists independently diagnosed 18 written case histories on the basis of 10 DSM-III categories. The results showed that females were rated significantly more histrionic than males exhibiting identical histrionic symptoms. There was no comparable sex bias to diagnose males showing antisocial pathology as more antisocial than females. The explanation proposed is that the antisocial category is behaviorally anchored whereas the histrionic category is trait dominated. Thus, the findings suggest that vague diagnostic descriptions promoted sex stereotyping and sex bias in diagnosis.

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... 23 DSM-III-R was criticized for being gender-biased, especially for personality disorders. 24,25 DSM-IV built on the previous criteria, and added "clinically significant distress or impairment" across diagnostic criteria to improvise on the term "dysfunction" used in its previous version, the concept of which was unclear. 26 DSM-IV-TR further detailed the associated features of disorders. ...

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Fractures in the framework: limitations of classification systems in psychiatry
Sex bias, diagnosis, and DSM-III
  • Citing Article
  • January 1986