02606oam 22006371 450 991079758390332120230814232435.00-429-90740-00-429-48263-91-78241-394-410.4324/9780429482632(CKB)3710000000463152(EBL)2147130(MiAaPQ)EBC2147130(Au-PeEL)EBL2147130(CaPaEBR)ebr11090623(OCoLC)918998725(OCoLC)1063630292(OCoLC-P)1063630292(FlBoTFG)9780429482632(FINmELB)ELB147858(EXLCZ)99371000000046315220180524e20181993 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe origins of unhappiness a new understanding of personal distress /David Smail1stLondon :Routledge,2018.1 online resource (252 p.)Previously issued in print: London: HarperCollins, 1993.Includes index.0-367-32601-9 1-78220-287-0 COVER; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1: Psychology and Distress - The Story So Far; 2: 'When I was Little' - The Experience of Power; 3: Bodies and Worlds - The Field of Power; 4: Case Study: The 1980's; 5: Help; 6: A Rational Faith; Appendix; IndexIt is the main argument of this book that emotional and psychological distress is often brought about through the operation of social-environmental powers which have their origin at a considerable distance from those ultimately subjected to them. On the whole, psychology has concerned itself very little with the field of power which stretches beyond our immediate relations with each other, and this has led to serious limitations on the explanatory power of the theories it has produced. To illustrate this, typical cases of patient distress in the 1980's are examined. The decade when the right...Depression, MentalMelancholySadnessEmotionsAffective disordersDepression, Mental.Melancholy.Sadness.Emotions.Affective disorders.152.4Smail D. J(David John),790820OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910797583903321The origins of unhappiness3860952UNINA