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Forensic Psychiatry
Tom . Ed(S): Mason
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Description for Forensic Psychiatry
Hardback. Examines the idea of evil in a medical context and a mental health setting. This book attempts to challenge the belief that the concept of evil plays no role in scientific psychiatry and is not helpful to our understanding of aberrant human thinking and behavior. It provides research methods for psychological exploration of the notion of evil. Editor(s): Mason, Tom. Num Pages: 388 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MMH; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 39. Weight in Grams: 744.
An international panel of experts from diverse specialties examine the idea of "evil" in a medical context, specifically a mental health setting, to consider how the concept can be usefully interpreted, and to elucidate its relationship to forensic psychiatry. The authors challenge the belief that the concept of "evil" plays no role in "scientific" psychiatry and is not helpful to our understanding of aberrant human thinking and behavior. Among the viewpoints up for debate are a consideration of organizations as evil structures, the "medicalization" of evil, destruction as a constructive choice, violence as a secular evil, talking about evil ... Read more
An international panel of experts from diverse specialties examine the idea of "evil" in a medical context, specifically a mental health setting, to consider how the concept can be usefully interpreted, and to elucidate its relationship to forensic psychiatry. The authors challenge the belief that the concept of "evil" plays no role in "scientific" psychiatry and is not helpful to our understanding of aberrant human thinking and behavior. Among the viewpoints up for debate are a consideration of organizations as evil structures, the "medicalization" of evil, destruction as a constructive choice, violence as a secular evil, talking about evil ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588294494
SKU
V9781588294494
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99-15
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