The Social Nature of Mental Illness
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415227771
ISBN-13
9780415227773
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 27th, 2000
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
288 grams
Dimensions
21.50 x 14.30 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Disability: social aspectsSocial welfare & social services
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This is a critical scrutiny of the keenly-debated issue of whether mental illness is a physiological brain disorder or a disorder that is socially defined.
Psychiatrists assert that mental illness is a physiological brain disorder. The anti-psychiatry movement refutes this on grounds of lack of evidence claiming that mental illness is socially defined. Len Bowers offers a rational, objective and philosophical critique of the theories of mental illness as a social construct and concludes that, though sometimes misguided, they cannot be wholly rejected. This critical scrutiny of a controversial and keenly-debated issue will be of interest to psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, sociologists and professionals in paramedical disciplines.
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