What are discourses? Are discourses 'real', and what is real outside language? Ian Parker provides one of the clearest and most systematic introductions to discourse research and the essential theoretical debates in the area. 'Discourse Dynamics' is essential reading to anyone i…
What Asylums Were, Are, and Ought to Be, first published in 1837, was of considerable significance in the history of lunacy reform in Britain. It contains perhaps the single most influential portrait by a medical author of the horrors of the traditional madhouse system. Its powe…
The wave theory of difference and similarity
Hypnosis is now being used by doctors, dentists and therapists to help cure or relieve a wide range of illnesses, personality problems and emotional and psychological conditions. It has been used to treat phobias and many nervous symptoms; the help people give up smoking, alcoho…
Hypnosis: a guide for patients and practitioners
Hypnosis: a guide for patients and practitioners
Hypnosis: a Guide for Patients and Practitioners
Hypnosis is now being used by doctors, dentists and therapists to help cure or relieve a wide range of illnesses, personality problems and emotional and psychological conditions. It has been used to treat phobias and many nervous symptoms; the help people give up smoking, alcoho…
Originally published in 1988, this volume provides a broad and eclectic view of psychological theory, methods and practice, covering not only the main branches of academic psychology but also psychiatry, psychoanalysis and other psychotherapies. Although some research and practi…
Contributor List. A Lexicon of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis: the entries. Abnormal Psychology. Activation and Arousal. Adler. Aesthetics. Ageing. Aggression and Anger. Altruism. Analytical Psychology. Anorexia Nervosa. Anxiety. Aptitude Tests. Artificial Intelligenc…
Psychiatry regularly comes under attack as a way of caring for and controlling the mentally ill. Originally published in 1986, this title explores the history and theory of psychiatry to illuminate current practice at the time, and shows why mental health services had developed …
Managing madness: changing ideas and practice
Managing madness: changing ideas and practice
Psychiatry regularly comes under attack as a way of caring for and controlling the mentally ill. Originally published in 1986, this title explores the history and theory of psychiatry to illuminate current practice at the time, and shows why mental health services had developed …
