The philosophical defence of psychiatry / Lawrie Reznek
1991, 1st edition. London ; New York : Routledge. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #386393
ISBN: 0415035937
Physical description; 252 pp. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-246) and index. Contents; Introduction PSYCHIATRY IN CRISIS -- chapter 1 THE MEDICAL PARADIGM -- chapter 2 SIGMUND FREUD AND THE PATHOLOGIZING OF NORMALITY -- chapter 3 HANS EYSENCK AND THE NORMALIZING OF NEUROSIS -- chapter 4 RONALD LAING AND THE RATIONALIZING OF MADNESS -- chapter 5 THOMAS SZASZ AND THE PHYSICALIZING OF DISEASE -- chapter 6 PETER SEDGWICK AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ILLNESS -- chapter 7 THOMAS SCHEFF AND THE LABELLING OF DEVIANCE -- chapter 8 MICHEL FOUCAULT AND THE CIVILIZING OF MADNESS -- chapter 9 PARADIGMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS -- chapter 10 THE NATURE OF MENTAL ILLNESS -- chapter 11 IS PSYCHIATRY A SCIENCE? -- chapter 12 PSYCHIATRY AND RESPONSIBILITY -- chapter 13 THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHIATRY. Subjects; Mental illness Philosophy. Psychiatry. Medicine.
Price: €125.00