Richard Bentall Bücher

Part of a Growing International Movement to Change the Face of Mental Illness.Is madness purely a medical condition that can be treated with drugs? Is there really a clear dividing line between mental health and mental illness - or is it not so easy to classify who is sane and who is insane?In Madness Explained leading clinical psychologist Richard Bentall shatters the modern myths that surround psychosis. This groundbreaking work argues that we cannot define madness as an illness to be cured like any other; that labels such as 'schizophrenia' and 'manic depression' are meaningless, based on nineteenth-century classifications; and that experiences such as delusions and hearing voices are in fact exaggerations of the mental foibles to which we are all vulnerable.We need, Bentall argues, a radically new way of thinking about psychiatric problems - one that does not reduce madness to bain chemistry, but understands and accepts it as part of human nature.'Bentall destroys many of the foundations underlying psychiatric thinking' - Oliver James'A monumental study ... brave, well-researched and accessible' - Scotland on Sunday'Bental demystifies psychosis and restores the patient to a proper place with the rest of humankind' - Aaron T. Beck

Do you still need your psychiatric diagnosis? This book will help you to decide. A revolution is underway in mental health. If the authors of the diagnostic manuals are admitting that psychiatric diagnoses are not supported by evidence, then no one should be forced to accept them. If many mental health workers are openly questioning diagnosis and saying we need a different and better system, then service users and carers should be allowed to do so too. This book is about choice. It is about giving people the information to make up their own minds, and exploring alternatives for those who wish to do so."Rigorously researched, powerfully argued and engagingly written, this thoughtful and valuable book empowers readers with something too often missing in statutory care-the knowledge and resources to make an informed choice". Eleanor Longden, Psychosis Research Group, University of Liverpool"Making sense of personal experiences promotes hope, strength and recovery. This is the message from Lucy Johnstone as she carefully deconstructs psychiatric diagnosis and adds personal stories as evidence". Dirk Corstens, Psychiatrist, Chair of Intervoice"A probing, balanced and refreshingly clear introduction to the realities of psychiatric diagnosis and the useful alternatives that now exist to help those in distress". Gail A. Hornstein, Professor of Psychology, Mount Holyoke College (USA), author of Agnes's Jacket: A psychologist's search for the meanings of madness (PCCS Books).