Mental Illness Hardback - 2011 - 1st Edition
by Joan Busfield
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- Hardcover
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Details
- Title Mental Illness
- Author Joan Busfield
- Binding Hardback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Polity Press
- Date 2011-11-07
- Bookseller's Inventory # B9780745649054
- ISBN 9780745649054 / 074564905X
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Psychological
- Dewey Decimal Code 362.2
From the rear cover
The author evaluates critiques of the concept of mental illness and of the way its expanding boundaries now define a far wider range of mental states, experiences and activities as pathological. Arguing that these boundaries need to be restricted, the author contends that many of the phenomena identified as mental illness are normal reactions to life's difficulties and that, while individuals may need support, it is not appropriate or helpful for such phenomena to be treated as indicative of mental disorder. Other important topics covered include the way mental illness is measured, its distribution across populations and over time, and the different types of care provided for those with identified mental illness.
Mental Illness will prove invaluable for intending practitioners in medicine, psychiatry, mental health nursing, social work, and clinical and health psychology, as well as for students in psychology, sociology and the health sciences.
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Citations
- Choice, 07/01/2012, Page 0