| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The historical maze; From asylum to community: relocating psychiatry; Alternative models of managing mental distress; Anti-psychiatry: passing fad or force for change?; Gender and race critiques of psychiatry; Crises of legitimacy; Towards a new critical perspective on mental health care; Implications for practice; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Using the British mental health services as a case study, this book critically reviews the various social, political and intellectual developments which have shaped psychiatric practice and the delivery of mental health services |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychiatry -- Philosophy -- Case studies
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Antipsychiatry -- Case studies
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Antipsychiatry
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Psychiatry -- Philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hopton, John, 1956-
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| ISBN |
0203129598 |
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9780203129593 |
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1280060093 |
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9781280060090 |
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