A critical history of schizophrenia / Kieran McNally, Adjunct Lecturer in Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNally, Kieran.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the theory and history of psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schizophrenia--History.

Schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia--history.

History.

Medical Subjects:

Schizophrenia--history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 269 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

"Schizophrenia was the 20th century psychiatry's arch concept of madness, yet for most of the past century the concept of schizophrenia was both problematic and contentious. This book explores schizophrenia's historic instability as its definition changed across decades and countries, various symptoms were attributed to it and uncertain boundaries developed. The problematic language that has emerged around the concept is also explored along with the role of anti-psychiatry in relation to schizophrenia. Finally, the North American psychiatric industry's attempts to stabilize the definition through inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders are also examined"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction 1. Schizodia: The Lexicon2. The Split Personality3. Definitions of Schizophrenia4. Catatonia: Faces in the Fire5. Chasing the Phantom: Classification6. Myth and Forgetting: Bleuler's Four As7. Social Prejudice8. Contesting Schizophrenia?9. Manufacturing Consensus in North America10. 20th Century SchizophreniaEpilogue: Consider NijinskyAppendix A: Goodbye to Hebephrenia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137456809

1137456809

OCLC:

918877406