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Psychiatry and the Business of Madness: An Ethical and Epistemological Accounting
B. Burstow
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Description for Psychiatry and the Business of Madness: An Ethical and Epistemological Accounting
Paperback. Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenets, and traces the workings of the industry through medical research and in-depth interviews. Num Pages: 316 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFH; JMA; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenets, and traces the workings of the industry through medical research and in-depth interviews.
Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenets, and traces the workings of the industry through medical research and in-depth interviews.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
475g
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137503848
SKU
V9781137503848
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99-15
About B. Burstow
Bonnie Burstow is Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is a philosopher, feminist therapist, and an antipsychiatry activist. Her other works include Radical Feminist Therapy (1992), Psychiatry Disrupted (2014), Toward a Radical Understanding of Trauma and Trauma Work (2003), and A Rose by Any Other Name: Naming and the Battle against Psychiatry (2013).
Reviews for Psychiatry and the Business of Madness: An Ethical and Epistemological Accounting
“This book is a detailed IE account of the strangle-hold psychiatry has on so many. … this text should be core reading for anyone in the helping professions who is unaware of or has forgotten how psychiatry controls and manipulates those under its authority. … this is an important book. It made us question a good deal of what we ... Read more