Psychiatry and Its Discontents by Scull, Andrew [Paperback]

Description: Written by one of the world’s most distinguished historians of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Its Discontents provides a wide-ranging and critical perspective on the profession that dominates the treatment of mental illness. Andrew Scull traces the rise of the field, the midcentury hegemony of psychoanalytic methods, and the paradigm’s decline with the ascendance of biological and pharmaceutical approaches to mental illness. The book’s historical sweep is broad, ranging from the age of the asylum to the rise of psychopharmacology and the dubious triumphs of “community care.” The essays in Psychiatry and Its Discontents provide a vivid and compelling portrait of the recurring crises of legitimacy experienced by “mad-doctors,” as psychiatrists were once called, and illustrates the impact of psychiatry’s ideas and interventions on the lives of those afflicted with mental illness.

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EAN: 9780520383135

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Book Title: Psychiatry and Its Discontents by Scull, Andrew [P

Item Length: 22.6 cm

Number of Pages: 376 Pages

Publication Name: Psychiatry and Its Discontents

Language: English

Publisher: University of California Press

Item Height: 229 mm

Subject: Writing & Reading, Psychology

Publication Year: 2021

Type: Référence

Item Weight: 544 g

Author: Andrew Scull

Item Width: 152 mm

Format: Paperback