De-medicalizing misery : psychiatry, psychology and the human condition / edited by Mark Rapley, Joanna Moncrieff, Jacqui Dillon.

Other author Moncrieff, Joanna, 1966-
Other author Rapley, Mark.
Other author Dillon, Jacqui.
Format Book
Publication InfoBasingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Descriptionxiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentCover image
Subjects
Psychiatry--Philosophy.

Contents Machine generated contents note: -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface; R.Dallos -- Carving Nature at its Joints? DSM and the Medicalization of Everyday Life; M.Rapley, J.Moncrieff&J.Dillon -- Dualisms and the Myth of Mental Illness; P.Thomas&P.Bracken -- Making the World Go Away, and How Psychology and Psychiatry Benefit; M.Boyle -- Cultural Diversity and Racism: An Historical Perspective; S.Fernando -- The Social Context of Paranoia; D.J.Harper -- From 'Bad Character' to BPD: The Medicalization of 'Personality Disorder'; J.Bourne -- Medicalizing Masculinity; S.Timimi -- Can Traumatic Events Traumatise People? Trauma, Madness and 'Psychosis'; L.Johnstone -- Children Who Witness Violence at Home; A.Vetere -- Discourses of Acceptance and Resistance: Speaking Out About Psychiatry; E.Speed -- The Personal Is the Political; J.Dillon -- 'I'm Just, You Know, Joe Bloggs': The Management of Parental Responsibility for First-Episode Psychosis; C.Coulter&M.Rapley -- The Myth of the Antidepressant: An Historical Analysis; J.Moncrieff -- Antidepressants and the Placebo Response; I.Kirsch -- Why Were Doctors so Slow to Recognise Antidepressant Discontinuation Problems?; D.Double -- Toxic Psychology; C.Newnes -- Psychotherapy: Illusion With No Future?; D.Smail -- The Psychologization of Torture; N.Patel -- What Is To Be Done?; J.Moncrieff, J.Dillon&M.Rapley -- Figure: Papers Using Term 'Antidepressant' On Medline 1957-1965 -- Index.
Abstract "Psychiatry and psychology have constructed a mental health system that does no justice to the problems it claims to understand and creates multiple problems for its users. Yet the myth of biologically-based mental illness defines our present. This book rethinks madness and distress reclaiming them as human, not medical, experiences"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011028834
ISBN9780230307919 (pbk.)
ISBN0230307914 (pbk.)
ISBN9780230242715(hbk.)
ISBN0230242715(hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks RC437.5 .D425 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold