Making sense of madness : contesting the meaning of schizophrenia / by Jim Geekie, John Read.
Material type: TextSeries: International Society for the Psychological Treatments ofPublication details: London : Routledge, 2009.Description: 24 cmISBN:- 9780415461962 (pbk.) :
- 9780415461955 (hbk.) :
- 9780415461962 (Paper)
- 362.26 GEE
- 362.2/6
- RC514 .G434 2009
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 362.26 GEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 209987 |
1. Introduction--2. The Subjective Experience of Madness--3. Making Sense of Madness I: Subjective Experience--4. Making Sense of Madness II: Lay Understandings. What Does the Public Think About \'Schizophrenia\'?--5. Making Sense of Madness III: Scientific/Professional Understandings of \'Madness\'--6. Bringing It All Together. What \'Schizophrenia\' Really Is--7. Where to From Here?
This resource argues that the experience of 'madness' is an integral part of what it is to be human, and that greater focus on subjective experiences can contribute to professional understandings and ways of helping those troubled by these experiences.