Madness cracked / Mick Power.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Power, Michael J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The recent publication of a new edition of the American Diagnostic and Statistical manual (DSM-5) highlighted the two contrary viewpoints that exist within the field of mental health. There are those who value such classification systems, seeing each revision of the DSM as a fine-tuning exercise, and there are those who are strongly opposed, seeing such exercises as fundamentally flawed. 'Madness Cracked' provides a fascinating introduction to the history of psychiatry and clinical psychology, looking at how these areas have attempted to classify the various problems and disorders that their p

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; 1. A Brief History of Madness; 2. Diagnosis and Classification; 3. The Current Approach; 4. Disorders of Biological Drives; 5. Disorders of Social Drives; 6. Disorders of Emotions; 7. Disorders of Cognition; 8. Overview and Implications; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-180782-6

0-19-100887-7

OCLC:

894124143