|
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
by Richard P Bentall
|
Models of Madness: Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Schizophrenia by John Read |
Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Psychiatric Practice by Lucy Johnstone |
by Jeremy Laurance
|
by Richard P Bentall
|
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links(What is this?) |
Product Description
Review
'This book presents arguments so profound that you (the reader) will never be able to think of "schizophrenia" in the same way; it may even help you stop thinking about it at all.' - Tony Lavender, Director. Salomans Centre for Applied Social & Psychological Development 'This is a marvellous piece of scholarship. Boyle's analysis is relentless, exceedingly informative, and will undoubtedly be disturbing to all that find comfort in fuzzy thinking, conventional wisdom and unexamined evidence.' - Stuart A. Kirk, Professor and Marjorie Crump Chair, School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California
Product Description
Schizophrenia: A Scientific Delusion?, first published in 1990, made a very significant contribution to the debates on the concepts of schizophrenia and mental illness. These concepts remain both influential and controversial and this new updated second edition provides an incisive critical analysis of the debates over the last decade. As well as providing updated versions of the historical and scientific arguments against the concept of schizophrenia which formed the basis of the first edition, Boyle covers significant new material relevant to today's debates, including: The development of DSM-IV's version of 'schizophrenia' Analysis of social, psychological and linguistic processes which construct 'schizophrenia' as a reasonable version of reality A detailed critical evaluation of recent alternatives to the concept of schizophrenia Schizophrenia: A Scientific Delusion? demonstrates that the need for analysis and debate on these issues is as great as ever and that we need to question how we think about and manage what we call "madness".
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
Two major claims have been made about the concept of schizophrenia: first, that is a scientific concept or, at least, that those who use it work within a scientific framework (for example, Gottesman and Shields, 1982; Wing, 1988; APA, 1994; Sartorius,1994; Ross and Pam, 1995) and, second, that the term refers to a particular kind of medical pattern known as a syndrome (Gottesman and Shields, 1982; Kendell, 1991; APA, 1994). Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Two major claims have been made about the concept of schizophrenia: first, that is a scientific concept or, at least, that those who use it work within a scientific framework (for example, Gottesman and Shields, 1982; Wing, 1988; APA, 1994; Sartorius,1994; Ross and Pam, 1995) and, second, that the term refers to a particular kind of medical pattern known as a syndrome (Gottesman and Shields, 1982; Kendell, 1991; APA, 1994). Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?
 |
62% buy the item featured on this page: Schizophrenia: A Scientific Delusion? £18.23 |
 |
20% buy Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature £8.42 |
 |
6% buy Schizophrenia: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) £4.77 |
 |
6% buy Models of Madness: Psychological, Social and Biological Approaches to Schizophrenia£18.01 |
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
 |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Health Issues > Illnesses & Conditions > Schizophrenia
- Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Medical & Healthcare Practitioners > Other Branches of Medicine > Psychiatry
- Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Psychology & Psychiatry > History & Philosophy > History
- Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Psychology & Psychiatry > Psychiatry
- Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Psychology & Psychiatry > Schools of Thought > Jung, Carl
- Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Psychology & Psychiatry > Social & Developmental Psychology > Social
- Books > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Psychology & Psychiatry > Specific Topics > Mental Health & Illness
- Books > History > Academic History
- Books > Science & Nature > Reference > Psychology & Psychiatry
- Books > Scientific, Technical & Medical > Medicine & Nursing > Medical Sciences A-Z > Psychiatry
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. |
