| Worlds of Psychotic People: Wanderers, 'Bricoleurs' and Strategists Contributor(s): Van Dongen, Els (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415654807 ISBN-13: 9780415654807 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Business & Economics |
| Dewey: 362.210 |
| Series: Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Mentally Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Worlds of Psychotic People brings a fresh twenty-first century voice to the lives of those with serious psychological disorders, focusing on the manner in which psychiatric patients experience their subjective worlds. Based on ethnographic research gathered at the psychiatric hospital of Saint Anthony's in the Netherlands over a period of five years, it seeks to describe from the perspective of the mental patient some of the fears and hopes that mark an individual's encounter with the fixed reality-structures of a clinical mental ward. |