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Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Users and Abusers of PsychiatryThis new edition is completely revised and updated it uses the authors real-life examples to argue that the traditional way of treating mental illness can often exacerbate people's problems.
Full description- Publisher: BRUNNER-ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 11 August 2000
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Psychology | Psychiatry
- ISBN 13: 9780415211567 ISBN 10: 0415211565
- Sales rank: 287,386
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Full description for Users and Abusers of Psychiatry
Users and Abusers of Psychiatry is 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 Psychiatry is 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.
