Critical perspectives on mental health

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Using the British mental health services as a case study, this book critically reviews the various social, political and intellectual developments which have shaped psychiatric practice and the delivery of mental health services.

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Full title :Critical perspectives on mental health / Vicki Coppock and John Hopton.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2000.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2000.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 208 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0203170016, 9780203170014, 9781857288797, 1857288793, 9781857288803, 1857288807, 0203129598, 9780203129593
oclc:ocm48139775
LC Classification:RC437.5
Dewey Decimal:616.89/001

Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The historical maze -- chapter 2 From asylum to community: relocating psychiatry -- chapter 3 Alternative models of managing mental distress -- chapter 4 Anti-psychiatry: passing fad or force for change? -- chapter 5 Gender and race critiques of psychiatry -- chapter 6 Crises of legitimacy -- chapter 7 Towards a new critical perspective on mental health care -- chapter 8 Implications for practice.

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Antipsychiatrie -- Études de cas Antipsychiatry Antipsychiatry -- Case studies Case studies MEDICAL -- Mental Health MEDICAL -- Psychiatry Psychiatrie -- Études de cas. -- Philos… Psychiatry -- Case studies. -- Philosop… Psychiatry -- Philosophy PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology