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Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis (Straight Talking Introductions)
Lucy Johnstone
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Description for Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis (Straight Talking Introductions)
Paperback. Do you still need your psychiatric diagnosis. If the authors of the diagnostic manuals are admitting that psychiatric diagnoses are not supported by evidence, then no one should be forced to accept them. This book is about giving health professionals, service-users and carers the information they need to decide for themselves. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 122 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134.
Do you still need your psychiatric diagnosis? This book will help you to decide. A revolution is underway in mental health. If the authors of the diagnostic manuals are admitting that psychiatric diagnoses are not supported by evidence, then no one should be forced to accept them. If many mental health workers are openly questioning diagnosis and saying we need a different and better system, then service users and carers should be allowed to do so too. This book is about choice. It is about giving people the information to make up their own minds, and exploring alternatives for those ... Read more
Do you still need your psychiatric diagnosis? This book will help you to decide. A revolution is underway in mental health. If the authors of the diagnostic manuals are admitting that psychiatric diagnoses are not supported by evidence, then no one should be forced to accept them. If many mental health workers are openly questioning diagnosis and saying we need a different and better system, then service users and carers should be allowed to do so too. This book is about choice. It is about giving people the information to make up their own minds, and exploring alternatives for those ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
PCCS Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
130g
Number of Pages
122
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906254667
SKU
V9781906254667
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Ref
99-15
About Lucy Johnstone
Dr Lucy Johnstone is a consultant clinical psychologist, author of 'Users and abusers of psychiatry' (2nd edition Routledge 2000) and co-editor of 'Formulation in psychology and psychotherapy: making sense of people's problems' (Routledge, 2nd edition 2013) along with a number of other chapters and articles taking a critical perspective on mental health theory and practice. She is the former Programme ... Read more
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