Psychiatry Reconsidered
From Medical Treatment to Supportive Understanding
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
249 pages
978-1-349-68171-6 (ISBN)
Description
Psychiatry suffers a lot of criticism, not least from within its own scientifically founded medical world. This book provides an account of mental health difficulties and how they are generally addressed in conventional medical circles, alongside critical reviews of the assumptions underpinning them to encourage more humanitarian perspectives.
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Edition
2015 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-68171-6 (9781349681716)
DOI
10.1057/9781137384904
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Content
Table of Contents Introduction 1. ICD Chapter V and DSM. Cataloguing Mental Illness 2. Misunderstandings of 'Diagnosis' 3. Psychopharmacology: The Medicines of Psychiatry 4. Psychopharmacology Reconsidered 5. 'Psychotherapy' 6. Public Service Psychiatry As It Really Is 7. All In The Mind 8. So What Can Be Learned? Endnote