Pure Madness : How Fear Drives the Mental Health System

Name: Pure Madness
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415369800
Price: 8250 KES
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ISBN: 9780415369800

by Jeremy Laurance

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0415369800

ISBN-13 9780415369800

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 14th, 2002

Print length 224 Pages

Weight 290 grams

Dimensions 21.50 x 13.80 x 1.40 cms

Product Classification: Abnormal psychology

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Pure Madness explores the tensions between themes of care and control in our mental health policy. Building each chapter around personal interviews, the author looks at the political, medical, legal and community viewpoints.

Public alarm for random attacks by mentally ill people is at an all-time high. The brutal killing of Jill Dando, the TV personality, and the assault on George Harrison, the former Beatle, are among the cases which have undermined confidence in the mental health service. Community care is widely seen as a failed policy that has left too many people walking the streets, posing a risk to themselves and a threat to others. The Government has responded with a programme of change billed as the biggest reform in forty years, but will it achieve the ''safe, sound, supportive'' service as promised?

For Pure Madness, Jeremy Laurance travelled across the country observing the care provided to mentally ill people in Britain today. Based on interviews, visits and case histories, his book reveals a service driven by fear.

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