Deconstructing Psychopathology
€ 92,90
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9780803974814 |
|---|---|
| Autores | David Harper, Eugenie Georgaca, Ian Parker, Mark Stowell-Smith, Terence McLaughlin |
| Editora | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Formato | Capa mole |
| Número de páginas | 176 |
| Peso (kg) | 0,282 |
| Data de Publicação | 21/11/1995 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 87,64 |
| Imposto | € 5,26 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 92,90 |
| Disponibilidade | 1 unidade em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
`Fast becoming a contemporary classic... this book tries both to be critical and engender critical thinking in a number of ways. It offers an overview of a number of theories that address human distress as well as particular forms of "pathology". This book effectively highlights the way that western society has taken "normal"; and "abnormal" emotional states to be factual entities rather than the constructed understandings of human phenomena that they are.... should be on the reading list of every course/module that attends to human distress′ - Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis
This practical and accessible critique of the institutions, practices and presuppositions that underlie the study of `psychopathology′ will be invaluable for students and practitioners who are working to understand mental health and distress.
The authors - who come from backgrounds in clinical psychology, psychiatric social work, psychoanalysis, psychology teaching and action research - challenge the traditions of the field. They analyze the notion of `psychopathology′ as a conventional term in psychology and psychiatry through the language and institutions that hold it in place; and explore the implications of deconstructive ideas for the theories and practices that sustain clinical treatments; and offer an alternative way of seeing `psychopathology′, with accounts of critical professional work and good practice.
Deconstructing Psychopathology is invaluable reading for students, academics and practitioners across a range of disciplines who are working to understand mental health and distress, including
clinical and counselling psychology, psychiatry, psychiatric social work, counselling and psychotherapy.