UID:
almahu_9949385911202882
Format:
1 online resource (285 pages)
ISBN:
9781351851657
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1351851659
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1315226944
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9781351851640
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1351851640
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9781351851633
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1351851632
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9781315226941
Content:
Madness: History, Concepts and Controversies provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of current perspectives on mental illness and how they have been shaped by historical trends and dominant sociocultural paradigms. From its representation among world religions and wider folkloric myth, to early attempts to rationalize and treat symptoms of mental disorder, this book outlines the principle contemporary models of understanding mental health and situates them within a wider historical and social context. The authors consider a variety of current controversies within the mental health arena and provide numerous pedagogical features to allow students the opportunity to understand and engage in current issues and debates relating to psychological disorders. By discussing key issues such as the social construction of mental illness, this text provides an essential overview of how societies and science has understood mental illness, and will appeal to students, researchers and general readers alike.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Endorsement; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I: The history; 1. Prehistoric perspectives: Excising demons; 2. Religious perspectives: Madness in sacred texts; 3. Ancient Greek perspectives: Madness in the blood; 4. Medieval perspectives: Madness and witchcraft; 5. The age of asylums: The mass containment of the mad; 6. The medicalisation of madness: The rise of psychiatry; 7. The classification of madness: A history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Part II: The concepts
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8. Biological perspectives and treatments9. Psychoanalytical perspectives and treatments; 10. Behavioural perspectives and treatments; 11. Cognitive perspectives and treatments; Part III: The controversies; 12. Defining madness; 13. A critical analysis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; 14. Race and mental health services; 15. Class in counselling and psychotherapy; 16. The pharmaceutical industry; Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Tyson, Philip John. Madness : History, Concepts and Controversies. Milton : Routledge, ©2019 ISBN 9780415786591
Language:
English
Keywords:
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History.
DOI:
10.4324/9781315226941
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315226941
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