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9%OFFJohn Cromby - Psychology, Mental Health and Distress - 9780230549562 - V9780230549562
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Psychology, Mental Health and Distress

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Description for Psychology, Mental Health and Distress Paperback. The first mainstream text to reconsider the traditional emphasis for what is commonly known as 'abnormal psychology'. Providing a comprehensive account of mental distress, this text challenges your preconceptions about what you think you know about mental health. Includes a foreword by award winning Richard Bentall and a chapter from service users. Num Pages: 452 pages, 32 black & white tables, 34 colour illustrations, 8 black & white halftones, 10 graphs, 1. BIC Classification: JMP; MMJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 275 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Is depression simply the result of chemical imbalances, or Schizophrenia a wholly biological disorder? What role do the broader circumstances of an individual’s social, cultural and heuristic world play in the wider scheme of their psychological wellbeing? In this ground-breaking and highly innovative text, Cromby et al deliver an introduction to the the biopsychosocial paradigm for understanding and treating psychological distress, taking into consideration the wider contexts that engender the onset of mental illness and critiquing the limitations in the sole use of the biomedical model in psychological practice. Rather than biologically determined or clinically measurable, readers are ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
452
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
1120g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230549562
SKU
V9780230549562
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About John Cromby
John Cromby is Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University, UK. Previously, he conducted research and teaching at the Universities of Nottingham and Bradford, and he has experience of working in mental health, drug addiction, and learning disability settings. His work engages with the ways that bodies and social processes come together to produce experience, including experiences of distress. In recent years ... Read more

Reviews for Psychology, Mental Health and Distress
'This is the book that I have been waiting years to see. Superb, thoroughly researched and intellectually refreshing - a game changer in the field. It should be mandatory reading on every psychology course not just those dealing with mental health issues.' - Ron Roberts, Kingston University, UK 'At last, an undergraduate text that adopts a critical approach to 'Abnormal ... Read more

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