Models of Madness

Models of Madness shows that hallucinations and delusions are understandable reactions to life events and circumstances rather than symptoms of a supposed genetic predisposition or biological disturbance. International contributors: * critique the 'medical model' of madness * examine the dominance of the 'illness' approach to understanding madness from historical and economic perspectives * document the role of drug companies * outline the alternative to drug based solutions * identify the urgency and possibility of prevention of madness. Models of Madness promotes a more humane and effective response to treating severely distressed people that will prove essential reading for psychiatrists and clinical psychologists and of great interest to all those who work in the mental health service. This book forms part of the International Society for the Psychological Treatment of Psychoses series edited by Brian Martindale.

ISBN 1583919066   Pages 304 ISBN13 9781583919064 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 612 Imprint Brunner-Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias Publication date 04 Mar 2004   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress RC514 \.M5   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 616.898   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		List of tables and figures
		Editors' bibliographies
		Editors and contributors
		Preface
		Foreword
Pt. I		The illness model of 'schizophrenia'		1
1		'Schizophrenia' is not an Illness by John Read and Loren R. Mosher and Richard P. Bentall		3
2		A history of madness by John Read		9
3		The invention of 'schizophrenia' by John Read		21
4		Genetics, eugenics and mass murder by John Read and Jeffrey Masson		35
5		Does 'schizophrenia' exist? : reliability and validity by John Read		43
6		Biological psychiatry's lost cause by John Read		57
7		Schizophrenia and heredity : why the emperor has no genes by Jay Joseph		67
8		Electroconvulsive therapy by John Read		85
9		Antipsychotic medication : myths and facts by Colin A. Ross and John Read		101
10		Drug companies and schizophrenia : unbridled capitalism meets madness by Loren R. Mosher and Richard Gosden and Sharon Beder		115
Pt. II		Social and psychological approaches to understanding madness		131
11		Public opinion : bad things happen and can drive you crazy by John Read and Nick Haslam		133
12		Listening to the voices we hear : clients' understandings of psychotic experiences by Jim Geekie		147
13		Poverty, ethnicity and gender by John Read		161
14		Abandoning the concept of schizophrenia : the cognitive psychology of hallucinations and delusions by Richard P. Bentall		195
15		Psychodynamic psychotherapy of schizophrenia : its history and development by Ann-Louise Silver and Brian Koehler and Bertram Karon		209
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"Essential reading for all those involved with the mental health system, this book is apowerful, scholarly, up-to-date critique of biological approaches to madness and the role of the pharmaceutical industry, together with well presented and refreshing analyses of psychological and social approaches." - Terence McLaughlin, Mental Health Today, November 2004 "This is a wonderful book. It's a scholarly academic text that is very well supported by the literature in the field, but remains easy to read and understand, which is no mean feat, given the complexity of the material. it covers." - Lynne Huddleston in Manawatu Standard, 10 July 2004 "This is mandatory reading for all psychiatrists. Read et al. have issued a serious challenge to psychiatry. Are we totally on the wrong track with both understanding and treating schizophrenia? Are we doing more to create mental disorder than to prevent it? Since we have shuffled off responsibility for almost everything except mental illness, this challenge to the medical model suggests that we may have sawn off the last branch on which we had any purchase." - Carolyn Quadrio, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry "Models of Madness is a considerable achievement. The authority and accessibility of its robust arguments will make it a popular and classic text. It will stimulate thought in a system that has been lacking thought... Models of Madness will win many hearts and minds, and the mental health care of patients will be better for it." - Richard Duggins, Regional Dept. of Psychotherapy, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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