Using real life case studies of people experiencing mental illness, this book identifies how bodily presentation of patients may reflect certain aspects of their lived experience .
With reference to a range of theoretical perspectives including philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism and sociology, Mental Illness and the Body explores the ways in which understanding lived experience may usefully be applied to mental health practice. Key features include:
an overview of the history of British psychiatry including treatments
an analysis of feminism and...
Using real life case studies of people experiencing mental illness, this book identifies how bodily presentation of patients may reflect certain as...
Observation of the body helps psychiatrists to determine the cause and treatment of mental illness. To form a diagnosis, practitioners conduct detailed observations of patients' appearance, posture, gesture and gait, thereby using the body as a diagnostic index. However, within routine mental health practice, there is little consideration of how the bodily presentation of patients may reflect aspects of their "lived experience." With reference to a range of theoretical perspectives including philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism and sociology, Mental Illness and the Body explores the ways...
Observation of the body helps psychiatrists to determine the cause and treatment of mental illness. To form a diagnosis, practitioners conduct detaile...
Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method is a systematic introduction to discourse analysis as a body of theories and methods for social research. It brings together three central approaches, Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory, critical discourse analysis and discursive psychology, in order to establish a dialogue between different forms of discourse analysis often kept apart by disciplinary boundaries.
The book introduces the three approaches in a clear and easily comprehensible manner, explaining the distinctive philosophical premises and theoretical perspectives of each...
Discourse Analysis as Theory and Method is a systematic introduction to discourse analysis as a body of theories and methods for social rese...
What are the fundamental mechanisms of decision making, processing speed, memory and cognitive control? What are the neural mechanisms underlying these functions? How do these functions relate to the demands of everyday, 'real life' behaviour? This volume brings together cognitive psychologists to discuss these topics in teaching and research.
What are the fundamental mechanisms of decision making, processing speed, memory and cognitive control? What are the neural mechanisms underlying thes...
Focusing on dialogic communication theory, science and technology studies, and action research, this volume explores the methodological, epistemological, and ethical conundrums that arise within collaborative research in the dialog between researchers, policy makers, and citizens. It argues that that researchers can best deal with the complexities and tensions of collaborative research through reflexive analyses of how dialogue and participation are played out concretely in different settings.
Focusing on dialogic communication theory, science and technology studies, and action research, this volume explores the methodological, epistemologic...
This volume presents a wide range of methodological strategies that are designed to take into account the complex, emergent, and continually shifting character of virtual worlds. It interrogates how virtual worlds emerge as objects of study through the development and application of various methodological strategies. Virtual worlds are not considered objects that exist as entities with fixed attributes independent of our continuous engagement with them and interpretation of them. Instead, they are conceived of as complex ensembles of technology, humans, symbols, discourses, and economic...
This volume presents a wide range of methodological strategies that are designed to take into account the complex, emergent, and continually shifti...
