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Users and abusers of psychiatry : a critical look at psychiatric practice / Lucy Johnstone.

By: Johnstone, Lucy [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; Philadelphia, PA : Routledge, 2000Edition: 2nd edition.Description: xviii, 298 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415211565 (paperback); 0415211557 (hardback).Subject(s): Psychiatry -- Great Britain | Psychiatric hospital care -- Great Britain -- Case studies | Pharmaceutical industry -- Great Britain | Mental Disorders -- therapy -- Great Britain -- Case Reports | Professional Practice -- Great Britain -- Case Reports | Psychiatry -- Great Britain -- Case ReportsDDC classification: 616.8900941
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Users and Abusers of Psychiatry is a radically different, critical account of the day-to-day practice of psychiatry. Using real-life examples and her own experience as a clinical psychologist, Lucy Johnstone argues that the traditional way of treating mental illness can often exacerbate people's original difficulties leaving them powerless, disabled and distressed.
In this completely revised and updated second edition, she draws on a range of evidence to present a very different understanding of psychiatric breakdown than that found in standard medical textbooks.
Users and Abusers of Psychiatry is a challenging but ultimately inspiring read for all who are involved in mental health - whether as professionals, students, service users, relatives or interested lay people.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. ix)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xvii)
  • Glossary (p. xix)
  • 1 The story of a depressed housewife (p. 1)
  • 2 The Rescue Game (p. 17)
  • 3 The sick role (p. 40)
  • 4 The treatment barrier (p. 65)
  • 5 Women's and men's role problems and psychiatry (p. 100)
  • 6 The professionals and their training (p. 130)
  • 7 A brief history of psychiatry (p. 145)
  • 8 Physical treatments and the role of the drug industry (p. 166)
  • 9 Resistance in the system (p. 201)
  • 10 Psychiatry and wider society (p. 219)
  • 11 Pointers to the future (p. 257)
  • Notes (p. 267)
  • Index (p. 293)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Lucy Johnstone spent 11 years working in the NHS as a clinical psychologist before moving to her present post as Senior lecturer in clinical psychology & counselling at UWE, Bristol. She has published widely in the area of critical approaches to mental health.