This sensitive and humane perspective on the nature and treatment of psychoses will be of interest to all mental health professionals working in this field...
This book challenges the way people who hear voices are both viewed and treated, emphasising the individual variation between people who suffer from psychosis and putting forward the idea that hearing voices is not in itself a sign of mental illness...
Psychosis Under Discussion examines the ways in which psychosis is discussed by considering the relationship between language and the perception of mental disorder. A wide range of perspectives is discussed, from historical terms to contemporary media coverage, and each way of discussing psychosis i..
Psychosis Under Discussion examines the ways in which psychosis is discussed by considering the relationship between language and the perception of mental disorder. A wide range of perspectives is discussed, from historical terms to contemporary media coverage, and each way of discussing psychosis i..
Covering the last four decades of the 20th century, this book explores the unwritten history of the struggles between psychoanalysis and psychiatry in post war USA, inaugurated by the neo-somatic revolution which had profound consequences for the treatment of psychotic patients. Analysing and synthe..
Covering the last four decades of the 20th century, this book explores the unwritten history of the struggles between psychoanalysis and psychiatry in post war USA, inaugurated by the neo-somatic revolution which had profound consequences for the treatment of psychotic patients. Analysing and synthe..