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Fancher, Robert T.

 
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Synopsis

An analysis of how America came to see various forms of suffering as "mental illness", arguing that social and historical dynamics, not scientific discovery, provided this notion. It critiques four cultures of therapy: psychoanalysis, behaviourism, cognitive therapy and biological therapy.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert T. Fancher earned his doctorate in philosophy, with an emphasis on action theory, then trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, a trade he practiced in New York City for fourteen years. He has taught at Vanderbilt University, New York University, and The New School for Social Research. His writings have appeared in publications as diverse as Billiards Digest, The Washington Post, Education Week, and The Review of Metaphysics.

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