| Reconstructing Schizophrenia Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bentall, Richard P. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415075246 ISBN-13: 9780415075244 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1992 Annotation: Despite nearly one hundred years of research, very little progress has been achieved in the understanding of schizophrenic behavior. Although it is widely believed that schizophrenic symptoms reflect an underlying biological disorder, the evidence for such a disorder remains disputed and many different biological defects have been implicated. There remains considerable uncertainty even about the fundamental features of the hypothesized illness. "Reconstructing Schizophrenia" subjects the difficult concept of schizophrenia to rigorous scientific, historical, and sociological scrutiny. The contributors, who are all psychologists with considerable research and clinical experience in the field of adult psychopathology, examine the concept of schizophrenia, ask why a biological defect has been assumed in the absence of hard evidence and look at what can be done psychologically to alleviate schizophrenic symptoms. Finally, they explore what new models and research strategies are requiredin order to understand schizophrenic behavior. The result is a book that provides a distinctive and critical perspective on modern psychiatric theories and which demonstrates the severe limitations of an exclusively medical approach to understanding madness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 616.898 |
| LCCN: 89010209 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.1" W x 8.48" (0.94 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Mentally Challenged |
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| Publisher Description: The summaries of evidence have provided ready-made challenges to previously unquestioned medical options ... the book provides a challenging update on the nature of scientific inquiry.' - British Journal of Clinical Psychology |