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Alternatives beyond psychiatry / Peter Stastny and Peter Lehmann, eds. ; preface by Robert Whitaker ; contributions by Volkmar Aderhold ... [et al.] ; translations by Christine Holzhausen, Katy E. McNally and Mary Murphy.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Berlin : Peter Lehmann Pub., 2007.Description: 431 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780954542818 (pbk.) :
  • 9780978839918 (pbk. : U.S.A) :
  • 9780954542818 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.8914 STA
  • 616.89/14 22 22 22
LOC classification:
  • RC480.5 .A472 2007
Contents:
Why psychiatry hurts more than it helps--Individual strategies with and without professional support--General and specific beneficiaries of alternative approaches--Realizing alternatives and humane treatement--Why we need alternatives to psychiatry.
Summary: "61 therapists, psychiatrists, social scientists, lawyers, relatives and psychiatric (ex-)patients from all continents report about their alternative work, their objectives and successes, their individual and collective experiences. The book highlights alternatives beyond psychiatry, possibilities of self-help for individuals experiencing madness, and strategies toward implementing humane treatment"--Provided by publisher.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 616.8914 STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 25/09/2020 00213005

Published also in German under the title: Statt Psychiatrie 2.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why psychiatry hurts more than it helps--Individual strategies with and without professional support--General and specific beneficiaries of alternative approaches--Realizing alternatives and humane treatement--Why we need alternatives to psychiatry.

"61 therapists, psychiatrists, social scientists, lawyers, relatives and psychiatric (ex-)patients from all continents report about their alternative work, their objectives and successes, their individual and collective experiences. The book highlights alternatives beyond psychiatry, possibilities of self-help for individuals experiencing madness, and strategies toward implementing humane treatment"--Provided by publisher.

Includes English translations of the German contributions.

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