Models of madness : psychological, social, and biological approaches to psychosis / / edited by John Read and Jacqui Dillon

• Pubblicazione: East Sussex ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 422 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 616.89/8
• Soggetto topico: Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - Social aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): DillonJacqui; ReadJohn <1952->
• Note generali: First edition published in 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. The illness model of psychosis -- pt. II. Social and psychological approaches to understanding madness -- pt. III. Social and psychological approaches to responding to madness.
• Sommario/riassunto: Are hallucinations and delusions really symptoms of an illness called 'schizophrenia'? Are mental health problems really caused by chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions? Are psychiatric drugs as effective and safe as the drug companies claim? Is madness preventable? This second edition of Models of Madness challenges those who hold to simplistic, pessimistic and often damaging theories and treatments of madness. In particular it challenges beliefs that madness can be explained without reference to social causes and challenges the excessive preoccupation with chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions as causes of human misery, including the conditions that are given the name 'schizophrenia'. -- Publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Models of madness
• ISBN: 1-134-05502-1; 0-415-57953-8; 0-203-52716-X; 1-134-05495-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779760603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis book series.