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Power Mick |
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Titolo |
Madness cracked / / Mick Power |
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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0-19-180782-6 |
0-19-100887-7 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (243 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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