Models of madness : psychological, social, and biological approaches to psychosis / edited by John Read and Jacqui Dillon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dillon, Jacqui, editor. of compilation.

Read, John, 1952- editor. of compilation.

Series:

International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis book series.

The book series of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis, 1745-7483

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 422 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

East Sussex ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Are hallucinations and delusions really symptoms of an illness called 'schizophrenia'? Are mental health problems really caused by chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions? Are psychiatric drugs as effective and safe as the drug companies claim? Is madness preventable? This second edition of Models of Madness challenges those who hold to simplistic, pessimistic and often damaging theories and treatments of madness. In particular it challenges beliefs that madness can be explained without reference to social causes and challenges the excessive preoccupation with chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions as causes of human misery, including the conditions that are given the name 'schizophrenia'. -- Publisher.

Contents:

pt. I. The illness model of psychosis

pt. II. Social and psychological approaches to understanding madness

pt. III. Social and psychological approaches to responding to madness.

Notes:

First edition published in 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-05502-1

0-415-57953-8

0-203-52716-X

1-134-05495-5

9780203527160

OCLC:

851161568