Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367559823 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 302 str.

Lucy Johnstone

Opis

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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.