The social nature of mental illness / Len Bowers.
By: Bowers, Len
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BookPublisher: London : Routledge, 2000Description: x, 216 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415227771; 9780415227773.Subject(s): Mental illness -- Etiology -- Social aspects | Mental illness | Psychology, Pathological | Social perception | Health and Wellbeing | Social psychology | Disability: social aspects | Sociology | Psychological theory & schools of thought | Psychotherapy | PsychiatryDDC classification: 616.89 BOW Summary: This text is a critical scrutiny of the issue of whether mental illness is a physiological brain disorder or a disorder that is socially defined.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Psychiatrists assert that mental illness is a physiological brain disorder. The anti-psychiatry movement refutes this on grounds of lack of evidence claiming that mental illness is socially defined. Len Bowers offers a rational, objective and philosophical critique of the theories of mental illness as a social construct and concludes that, though sometimes misguided, they cannot be wholly rejected. This critical scrutiny of a controversial and keenly-debated issue will be of interest to psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, sociologists and professionals in paramedical disciplines.
First published: London : Routledge, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [200] -210) and indexes.
This text is a critical scrutiny of the issue of whether mental illness is a physiological brain disorder or a disorder that is socially defined.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Leonard
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Deviance
- 3 Rules
- 4 Culture
- 5 Diagnosis
- 6 History
- 7 Politics*
- Illness
- 9 Physiology
- 10 Social Construct
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index