The Social Nature of Mental Illness
Dr. Leon Bowers
Psychiatrists assert that mental illness is a physiological brain disorder. The anti-psychiatry movement refutes this on grounds of lack of evidence claiming that mental illness is socially defined. Len Bowers offers a rational, objective and philosophical critique of the theories of mental illness as a social construct and concludes that, though sometimes misguided, they cannot be wholly rejected. This critical scrutiny of a controversial and keenly-debated issue will be of interest to psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, sociologists and professionals in paramedical disciplines.
年:
2000
版:
1
言語:
english
ページ:
232
ISBN 10:
0415227771
ISBN 13:
9780415227773
ファイル:
PDF, 994 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2000