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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816915603321

Autore

Power Mick

Titolo

Madness cracked / / Mick Power

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2015

ISBN

0-19-180782-6

0-19-100887-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Clinical psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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