Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature - Couverture rigide

Bentall, Richard P

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0713992492 ISBN 13 : 9780713992496

Editeur : Allen Lane, 2003

Synopsis

Today most of us accept the consensus that madness is a medical condition: an illness, which can be identified, classified and treated with drugs like any other.

In this ground breaking and controversial work Richard Bentall shatters the myths that surround madness. He shows there is no reassuring dividing line between mental health and mental illness. Severe mental disorders can no longer be reduced to brain chemistry, but must be understood psychologically, as part of normal behaviour andhuman nature.

Bentall argues that we need a radically new way of thinking about psychosis and its treatment. Could it be that it is a fear of madness, rather than the madness itself, that is our problem?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard P. Bentall holds the chair in Experimental Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allen Lane
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0713992492
• ISBN 13: 9780713992496
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 656
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible