Description
| Product ID: | 9780415354172 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Critical Studies in Health and Society |
| Title: | Contesting Psychiatry |
| Subtitle: | Social Movements in Mental Health |
| Authors: | Author: Nick Crossley |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Sociology, Medical sociology, Sociology, Medical sociology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book, focusing largely on the UK, examines the history of resistance to psychiatry between 1950 and 2000. Building on the author’s extensive research the book provides an empirical account and exploration of the key social movements and movement organisations who have contested psychiatry. Resistance and social movements in mental health have been important in shaping current practice in both mental health and psychiatry. Contesting Psychiatry, focusing largely on the UK, examines the history of resistance to psychiatry between 1950 and 2000. Building on the author’s extensive research, the book provides an empirical account and exploration of the key features including:
Original and provocative in its approach, this book offers a new sociological perspective on psychiatry. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-12-15 |
