Leonard Bowers

Broschiertes Buch

The Social Nature of Mental Illness

Beschreibung

Psychiatrists assert that mental illness is a physiological brain disorder. The anti-psychiatry movement refutes this on grounds of lack of evidence claiming that mental illness is socially defined. Len Bowers offers a rational, objective and philosophical critique of the theories of mental illness as a social construct and concludes that, though sometimes misguided, they cannot be wholly rejected. This critical scrutiny of a controversial and keenly-debated issue will be of interest to psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, sociologists and professionals in paramedical disciplines.

Autor

Len Bowers is Professor of Psychiatric Nursing at St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 293g
• ISBN-13: 9780415227773
• ISBN-10: 0415227771
• Artikelnr.: 34932623