The Medicalisation of Everyday Life : A Critical Perspective /: A Critical Perspective. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Barbara Fawcett, Zita Weber, Helen Bannister.
• Authors: Fawcett, Barbara; Weber, Zita; Bannister, Helen
• Contents: 1. The Contemporary Mental Health Landscape2.Understanding Mental Illness Categorisation3.Medication and Treatment Alternatives4. The Epidemic of Depression5. Anxiety: Medicalising Worry and Shyness6. ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder – Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis or Over-diagnosis?7. PTSD – The Medicalisation of Distressing Experiences8. Reflecting on Drugs and Placebos9. Culture and the Globalisation of Mental Health and Mental Illness10. The Nature of Evidence and the Role of Alternative Therapies.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (174 pages)
• Subjects: Abnormal psychology; Clinical psychology; Medical -- Nursing -- General; Psychology -- Psychopathology -- General; Psychology -- Clinical Psychology; Nursing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350311190; 1350311197
• Related ISBNs: 9781352008272
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.