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Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature Paperback - 2005
by Bentall, Richard P
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Part of a Growing International Movement to Change the Face of Mental Illness
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- Title Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature
- Author Bentall, Richard P
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 656
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin, London
- Date December 28, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0140275401-7-1
- ISBN 9780140275407 / 0140275401
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 7.75 x 5 x 1.2 in (19.69 x 12.70 x 3.05 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.89
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Summary
Today most of us accept the consensus that madness is a medical condition: an illness, which can be identified, classified and treated with drugs like any other.In this ground breaking and controversial work Richard Bentall shatters the myths that surround madness. He shows there is no reassuring dividing line between mental health and mental illness. Severe mental disorders can no longer be reduced to brain chemistry, but must be understood psychologically, as part of normal behaviour andhuman nature.Bentall argues that we need a radically new way of thinking about psychosis and its treatment. Could it be that it is a fear of madness, rather than the madness itself, that is our problem?
First line
It is nearly twenty years since I first walked on to a psychiatric ward.