De-Medicalizing Misery Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Conditio
Psychiatry and psychology have constructed a mental health system that does no justice to the problems it claims to understand and creates multiple problems for its users. Yet the myth of biologically-based mental illness defines our present. The book ret
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Also by the Editors Mark Rapley BEYOND HELP: A CONSUMER’S GUIDE TO PSYCHOLOGY (with Susan Hansen and Alec McHoul) FROM ACQUAINTANCE TO FRIENDSHIP: ISSUES FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES (with Hugh Firth) HOW TO ANALYSE TALK IN INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS: A CASEBOOK OF METHODS (co-edited with Alec McHoul) QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY Joanna Moncrieff THE MYTH OF THE CHEMICAL CURE: A CRITIQUE OF PSYCHIATRIC DRUG TREATMENT A STRAIGHT TALKING INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS Jacqui Dillon LIVING WITH VOICES: 50 STORIES OF RECOVERY (with Marius Romme, Sandra Escher and Dirk Corstens)
De-Medicalizing Misery Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition Edited by
Mark Rapley University of East London, UK
Joanna Moncrieff University College London, UK
Jacqui Dillon Hearing Voices Network, Sheffield, UK
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Contents Preface: Rudi Dallos
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on Contributors
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1 Carving Nature at its Joints?
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