Lucy Johnstone

Users and Abusers of Psychiatry (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Users and Abusers of Psychiatry is a radically different, critical account of the day-to-day practice of psychiatry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000451795
• Artikelnr.: 62420324

Autorenporträt

Dr Lucy Johnstone is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and worked in Adult Mental Health for many years. She has written and lectured widely on critical perspectives in mental health theory and practice. She is a lead author of the 'Power Threat Meaning Framework' (2018), an ambitious and influential project outlining a conceptual alternative to psychiatric diagnosis.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Classic Edition
Acknowledgements
Glossary
1: The story of a depressed housewife
2: The Rescue Game
3: The sick role
4: The treatment barrier
5: Women's and men's role problems and psychiatry
6: The professionals and their training
7: A brief history of psychiatry
8: Physical treatments and the role of the drug industry
9: Resistance in the system
10: Psychiatry and wider society
11: Pointers to the future
Notes
Index