Managing Madness (Psychology Revivals): Changing Ideas and Practice

Managing Madness (Psychology Revivals): Changing Ideas and Practice
ISBN-10
1317594118
ISBN-13
9781317594116
Category
Psychology
Pages
404
Language
English
Published
2014-10-17
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Joan Busfield

Description

Psychiatry regularly comes under attack as a way of caring for and controlling the mentally ill. Originally published in 1986, this title explores the history and theory of psychiatry to illuminate current practice at the time, and shows why mental health services had developed in particular ways. The book was invaluable for all those who needed to understand the problems and processes behind current psychiatric practice at the time – sociologists and psychologists, psychiatrists and doctors, social workers, and health service planners and administrators – and will still be of historical interest today.

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