03358nam 2200577 450 991045642240332120200520144314.01-281-99741-297866119974101-4426-8271-X10.3138/9781442682719(CKB)2420000000004510(OCoLC)288102198(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218979(CaBNvSL)thg00600870 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255074(MiAaPQ)EBC4672193(DE-B1597)465061(OCoLC)944177357(DE-B1597)9781442682719(Au-PeEL)EBL4672193(CaPaEBR)ebr11257871(OCoLC)958559019(EXLCZ)99242000000000451020160923h19961996 uy 0engurcn|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierTowards a sociology of schizophrenia humanistic reflections /Keith DoubtToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1996.©19961 online resource (137 p.) Includes index.0-8020-7830-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. Self -- 2. Language -- 3. Role -Taking -- 4. The Individual -- 5. Puns -- 6. Action -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index Schizophrenia, at one time considered by many clinicians to be a psychological response to an oppressive upbringing, is now generally accepted as a physical illness. While Keith Doubt does not quarrel with this current view, he does challenge the positivist assumptions that tend to accompany it. Throughout this fascinating survey of the literature on schizophrenia, Doubt presents a critique of society's neglect of the mentally ill and promotes a humanistic understanding of the affected person as a social being.Doubt draws on several disciplines and uses the works of such diverse writers as Vygotsky, Piaget, Deleuze, Laing, and Torrey. While he rebukes medical practitioners for ignoring the social dimensions of schizophrenia, he is equally critical of post-modernism's tendency to valorize the mentally ill. Nor does he sympathize with particular sociological approaches which, he believes, emphasize society's reactions to the illness - often at the expense of the afflicted person. Thus, a major part of Doubt's project is to place the individual at the centre of sociological theorizing about schizophrenia.This thought-provoking study offers an alternative perspective on schizophrenia to scholars and professionals, as well as to those who live with the disease. Doubt offers practical recommendations, which he hopes will bring some relief to sufferers, and helpful insights to those engaged in treating or assisting people with schizophrenia.SchizophreniaSocial aspectsElectronic books.SchizophreniaSocial aspects.616.8982Doubt Keith915123MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456422403321Towards a sociology of schizophrenia2466326UNINA01132nam 2200313 450 99657526340331620230616141136.0(CKB)5280000000208825(IEEE)736(NjHacI)995280000000208825(EXLCZ)99528000000020882520230616d1988 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConference Record Industrial & Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference 1988 : papers presented at the 1988 annual meeting, Marriott-Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2-5, 1988 /Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersNew York :Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,1988.1 online resource (124 pages) illustrationsCommercial buildingsElectric equipmentCommercial buildingsElectric equipment.621.3NjHacINjHaclBOOK996575263403316Conference record1885971UNISA