'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
First published in 2002. 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.
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When first published, this volume made a very significant contribution to the debates on the concepts of schizophrenia and mental illness. This second edition provides a critical analysis of the debates since the 1990s.
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Chapter 1 Evaluating the validity of ‘schizophrenia’; Chapter 2 The background; Chapter 3 The necessary conditions for inferring schizophrenia; Chapter 4 The official correspondence rules for inferring schizophrenia; Chapter 5 The official correspondence rules for inferring schizophrenia; Chapter 6 Genetic research; Chapter 7 Supporting and maintaining ‘schizophrenia’; Chapter 8 Living without ‘schizophrenia’;
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Product details
ISBN
9780415227186
Published
2002-02-14
Edition
2. edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
690 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
U, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
374
Author