The idea of "schizophrenia" as a disease has become profoundly
influential both within the medical profession and amongst the general
public. So strong is this idea that those who criticize it are apt to
be dismissed as being either ignorant of the latest research or
indifferent to the fate of the "mentally ill". This book challenges
such ideas by offering a detailed critique of the origins and
development of the concept and diagnosis of schizophrenia. Mary Boyle
shows how such diagnoses did and still do rely on opinion rather than
evidence, how they were characterized by conceptual confusion, and how
subsequent research has been misrepresented. She therefore questions
the validity of schizophrenia as illness, but emphasizes thatm this is
not to deny the existence of bizarre behaviour. She offers alternative
interpretations of such behaviour, and points out the need to ask
searching questions about the labelling of some behaviour as
symptomatic of mental illness. By focusing not on schizophrenics, but
on those who diagnose schizophrenia, this book will undoubtedly
attract some criticism and debate. Yet her approach allows the author
to question traditional interpretations of bizarre behaviour, and to
make more central the social and ethical issues which surround it.
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ISBN
9781000445992
Publisert
2021
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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