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Psychiatry

Paperback. A collection of essays that chronicles the author's long campaign against the orthodoxies of psychiatry. From "Medicine to Magic" to "Medicine as Social Control," this book delves into the history of medicalization, including "The Discovery of Drug Addiction," "Persecutions for Witchcraft and Drugcraft," and "Food Abuse and Foodaholism." Num Pages: 200 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608677
ISBN
9780815608677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.33

Paperback. Every age, labels others to a particular fate, such as the witch consigned to the fire. The priest has now been replaced by the psychiatrist and this text examines the role of medicine as a more insidious tyrant than religion, as it claims to be beneficial to both the patient and the commonwealth. Num Pages: 426 pages, appendix, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHM; JPVH; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815604617
ISBN
9780815604617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.33

Hardcover. More than fifty years ago, Thomas Szasz showed that the concept of mental illness - a disease of the mind - is an oxymoron, a metaphor, a myth. In this book, he argues that his writings belong to neither psychiatry nor antipsychiatry. They stem from conceptual analysis, social-political criticism, and common sense. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: MBS; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609438
ISBN
9780815609438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.48

Paperback. Millions of Americans, diagnosed mentally ill, are drugged and confined by doctors for non-criminal conduct, go unpunished for crimes they commit, and are supported by the state - not because they are sick but because they are unproductive and unwanted. This study re-examines such interventions Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; MBDC; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815605119
ISBN
9780815605119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LND; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815602316
ISBN
9780815602316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.40

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714510545
ISBN
9780714510545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.21

paperback. Challenges conventional beliefs about psychiatry. The author asserts that, in fact, psychiatrists are not concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of bona fide illnesses. Psychiatric tradition, social expectation, and the law make it clear that coercion is the profession's determining characteristic. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Transaction Publishers United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412810500
ISBN
9781412810500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.44

Hardcover. First in-depth examination and critique of contemporary anti-suicide policies that are based on the notion that voluntary death is a mental health problem, and systematically lays out the dehumanizing consequences of psychiatrizing suicide prevention. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFME; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609902
ISBN
9780815609902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.39

Paperback. In this short work, Dr. Szasz takes aim at conventional psychiatry, and at the attendent system of courts, hospitals, and psychiatrists who confine patients against their will. The focal point is a Supreme Court case involving a man forcibly committed to a Florida asylum for 14 years. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; MBPK; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815605102
ISBN
9780815605102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.39

Hardback. The international, multidisciplinary perspectives in this volume cover key transitional (and stressful) periods through youth, adulthood, and aging, gathering theoretical and clinical findings, case studies, and literature reviews in one authoritative text. Editor(s): Miller, Thomas W. Num Pages: 691 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JMC; MBN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
691
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441907479
ISBN
9781441907479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 420.29

Hardback. Series: Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie. BIC Classification: MMH. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Steinkopff
Condition
New
SKU
V9783798512634
ISBN
9783798512634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.46

Hardcover. This book opens by examining the phenomenology, epidemiology, and etiology of phobias, then covers assessment strategies, empirically sound one-session treatment methods, and special topics, providing coverage geared to researchers as well as practitioners. Editor(s): Davis, Thompson E.; Ollendick, Thomas H.; Ost, Lars-Goran. Series: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461432524
ISBN
9781461432524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 239.98

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Rudin, Ernst; Bumke, O; Foerster, O; Spatz, H. Series: Monographien Aus Dem Gesamtgebiete der Neurologie Und Psychi. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MFN; MMH; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1939
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662230329
ISBN
9783662230329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: MJC; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642631696
ISBN
9783642631696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.71

Hardback. Series: Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Psychiatrie. BIC Classification: MMH. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Steinkopff
Condition
New
SKU
V9783798513778
ISBN
9783798513778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.35

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588294494
ISBN
9781588294494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.30

Num Pages: 4 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 129 x 103 x 1. Weight in Grams: 24.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Borm Bruckmeier Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
4
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591030683
ISBN
9781591030683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.71

Paperback. Reader-friendly volume with a problem-solving approach, invaluable in the run up to clinical, written or OSCE examinations, and an ideal course companion for all undergraduate medical students when studying psychiatry at various stages in their clinical training Series: Core Clinical Cases. Num Pages: 154 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 177 x 7. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444122879
ISBN
9781444122879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.68

Paperback. The Northfield Experiments, conducted during the Second World War, mark an important moment in the development of the therapeutic community movement. This is the first book to record the experiments in detail. The book provides a fascinating account of a significant advance in psychiatry. Series: Community, Culture and Change. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; MBGR; MBX; MJN; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 489. Good copy 8vo Illustrated.The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304627
ISBN
9781853028373
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Plume
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780147516374
ISBN
9780147516374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.35

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