Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice,9780415211567

Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780415211567
ISBN10: 0415211565
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2000-08-11
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

Users and Abusers of Psychiatryis a radically different, critical account of the day-to-day practice of psychiatry. Using real-life examples and her own experience as a clinical psychologist, Lucy Johnstone argues that the traditional way of treating mental illness can often exacerbate people's original difficulties leaving them powerless, disabled and distressed. In this completely revised and updated second edition, she draws on a range of evidence to present a very different understanding of psychiatric breakdown than that found in standard medical textbooks. Users and Abusers of Psychiatryis a challenging but ultimately inspiring read for all who are involved in mental health - whether as professionals, students, service users, relatives or interested lay people.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xvii
Glossary xix
The story of a depressed housewife
1(16)
The Rescue Game
17(23)
The sick role
40(25)
The treatment barrier
65(35)
Women's and men's role problems and psychiatry
100(30)
The professionals and their training
130(15)
A brief history of psychiatry
145(21)
Physical treatments and the role of the drug industry
166(35)
Resistance in the system
201(18)
Psychiatry and wider society
219(38)
Pointers to the future
257(10)
Notes 267(26)
Index 293

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