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Psychiatry Interrogated: An Institutional Ethnography Anthology
Bonnie Burstow (Ed.)
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Description for Psychiatry Interrogated: An Institutional Ethnography Anthology
Hardback. Editor(s): Burstow, Bonnie. Num Pages: 254 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
This edited volume is an anthology of institutional ethnography (IE) inquiries into psychiatry-the first ever to be written. It focuses on a large variety of different geographic locations and constitutes a major contribution to anti/critical psychiatry, as well as institutional ethnography. Themes include the DSM, the use and protection of problematic psychiatric research, the penetration of psychiatry into the workplace. Adding depth and breath, the contributors, while all are schooled in IE, come from a large variety of walks of life, authors including: academics, psychiatric survivors, investigative reporters, activists, nurses, artists, and lawyers-each bringing their own unique expertise/standpoint ... Read more
This edited volume is an anthology of institutional ethnography (IE) inquiries into psychiatry-the first ever to be written. It focuses on a large variety of different geographic locations and constitutes a major contribution to anti/critical psychiatry, as well as institutional ethnography. Themes include the DSM, the use and protection of problematic psychiatric research, the penetration of psychiatry into the workplace. Adding depth and breath, the contributors, while all are schooled in IE, come from a large variety of walks of life, authors including: academics, psychiatric survivors, investigative reporters, activists, nurses, artists, and lawyers-each bringing their own unique expertise/standpoint ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
241
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319411736
SKU
V9783319411736
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About Bonnie Burstow (Ed.)
Bonnie Burstow is Associate Professor at University of Toronto, Canada. She is also a philosopher, feminist therapist, and antipsychiatry activist. Other works include: Psychiatry and the Business of Madness (2015), Radical Feminist Therapy (1992), Psychiatry Disrupted (2014), Toward a Radical Understanding of Trauma and Trauma Work , and A Rose by Any Other Name: Naming and ... Read more
Reviews for Psychiatry Interrogated: An Institutional Ethnography Anthology
Psychiatry Interrogated is a powerful and compelling work, that demonstrates how common reactions of the how-can-that-happen? variety can serve as springboards to unraveling and exposing the complex, repressive, and inherently destructive nature of psychiatry. Each chapter has an extensive reference list for those who wish to pursue any of the topics in greater depth. The book is dedicated to `everyone ... Read more