Users and abusers of psychiatry : a critical look at psychiatric practice / Lucy Johnstone.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2000.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 298p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780415211567 (pbk.) :
- 0415211557 (HB)
- 616.8900941 JOH
- RC450.G7 J58 2000
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 616.8900941 JOH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 200123 |
Previous ed.: 1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Using real life examples and her experience as a psychiatrist, Lucy Johnstone presents a critical account of the practice of psychiatry, arguing that the traditional way of treating mental breakdown can often exacerbate people's original difficulties.