A01=. Leonard Bowers
Anorexia Nervosa
Author_. Leonard Bowers
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confusional
Deviancy Theory
Diagnostic System
disorder
DSM III
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GPI
Labelling Theory
malfunctions
Manic Depressive Psychosis
Mental Illness
Mentally Ill
Moral Therapy
physiological
Physiological Aetiology
Physiological Disorder
Physiological Malfunction
Primary Deviance
profession
psychiatric
Psychiatric Diagnostic System
Psychiatric Professionals
psychiatry
Psychiatry Deals
Psychological Malfunction
Rule Breaking
Semen Loss
Social Reaction
Societal Reaction
state
Szasz's Argument
toxic
transcultural
Transcultural Psychiatry
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9780415227773
- Weight: 294g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 27 Jan 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Psychiatrists assert that mental illness is a physiological brain disorder. The anti-psychiatry movement refutes this on grounds of lack of evidence claiming that mental illness is socially defined. Len Bowers offers a rational, objective and philosophical critique of the theories of mental illness as a social construct and concludes that, though sometimes misguided, they cannot be wholly rejected. This critical scrutiny of a controversial and keenly-debated issue will be of interest to psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, sociologists and professionals in paramedical disciplines.
Len Bowers is Professor of Psychiatric Nursing at St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, London.
