Research Catalog

Title

Models of madness : psychological, social and biological approaches to schizophrenia / edited by John Read, Loren R. Mosher and Richard P. Bentall.

Publication

Hove, East Sussex [England] ; New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Read, John, 1952-
• Mosher, Loren R., 1933-
• Bentall, Richard P.

Description

xxiii, 373 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

'Models of Madness' shows that hallucinations & delusions are understandable reactions to life events & circumstances rather than symptoms of a supposed genetic predisposition or biological disturbance.

Series Statement

ISPS book series

Uniform Title

ISPS book series

Subject

• Schizophrenia
• Schizophrenia > Social aspects
• Schizophrenia
• Schizophrenic Psychology
• Schizofrenie
• Sociale aspecten
• Intervention psychosociale
• Aspect biologique
• Aspect social
• Aspect psychologique
• Schizophrénie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• pt. I. illness model of 'schizophrenia' -- 1. 'Schizophrenia' is not an Illness / John Read, Loren R. Mosher and Richard P. Bentall -- 2. history of madness / John Read -- 3. invention of 'schizophrenia' / John Read -- 4. Genetics, eugenics and mass murder / John Read and Jeffrey Masson -- 5. Does 'schizophrenia' exist? : reliability and validity / John Read -- 6. Biological psychiatry's lost cause / John Read -- 7. Schizophrenia and heredity : why the emperor has no genes / Jay Joseph -- 8. Electroconvulsive therapy / John Read -- 9. Antipsychotic medication : myths and facts / Colin A. Ross and John Read -- 10. Drug companies and schizophrenia : unbridled capitalism meets madness / Loren R. Mosher, Richard Gosden and Sharon Beder -- pt. II. Social and psychological approaches to understanding madness -- 11. Public opinion : bad things happen and can drive you crazy / John Read and Nick Haslam -- 12. Listening to the voices we hear : clients' understandings of psychotic experiences / Jim Geekie -- 13. Poverty, ethnicity and gender / John Read -- 14. Abandoning the concept of schizophrenia : the cognitive psychology of hallucinations and delusions / Richard P. Bentall -- 15. Psychodynamic psychotherapy of schizophrenia : its history and development / Ann-Louise Silver, Brian Koehler and Bertram Karon -- 16. Childhood trauma, loss and stress / John Read, Lisa Goodman, Anthony P. Morrison, Colin A. Ross and Volkmar Aderhold -- 17. Unhappy Families / John Read, Fred Seymour and Loren R. Mosher -- pt. III. Evidence-based psychosocial interventions -- 18. Preventing 'schizophrenia' : creating the conditions tor saner societies / Emma Davies and Jim Burdett -- 19. User-run services / Judi Chamberlin -- 20. Cognitive therapy for people with psychosis / Anthony P. Morrison.
• 21. Psychodynamic psychotherapy for schizophrenia : empirical support / William H. Gottdiener -- 22. development of early intervention services / Jan Olav Johannessen -- 23. Family therapy and schizophrenia : replacing ideology with openness / Volkmar Aderhold and Evelin Gottwalz -- 24. Non-hospital, non-drug intervention with first-episode psychosis / Loren R. Mosher.

ISBN

• 9781583919057
• 9781583919064
• 1583919058
• 1583919066

LCCN

2003017397

OCLC

• ocm52814648
• 52814648
• SCSB-9786303

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library