Creating Mental Illness (Hardcover, 2nd 2001, 2003 Ed.)

In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most conditions currently regarded as mental illness are cultural constructions, normal reactions to stressful social circumstances, or simply forms of deviant behavior.
"Thought-provoking and important. . .Drawing on and consolidating the ideas of a range of authors, Horwitz challenges the existing use of the term mental illness and the psychiatric ideas and practices on which this usage is based. . . . Horwitz enters this controversial territory with confidence, conviction, and clarity."--Joan Busfield, "American Journal of Sociology
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"Horwitz properly identifies the financial incentives that urge therapists and drug companies to proliferate psychiatric diagnostic categories. He correctly identifies the stranglehold that psychiatric diagnosis has on research funding in mental health. Above all, he provides a sorely needed counterpoint to the most strident advocates of disease-model psychiatry."--Mark Sullivan, "Journal of the American Medical Association"
"Horwitz makes at least two major contributions to our understanding of mental disorders. First, he eloquently draws on evidence from the biological and social sciences to create a balanced, integrative approach to the study of mental disorders. Second, in accomplishing the first contribution, he provides a fascinating history of the study and treatment of mental disorders. . . from early asylum work to the rise of modern biological psychiatry."--Debra Umberson, "Quarterly Review of Biology"

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Allan V. Horwitz
Dimensions:	241 x 167 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	315
Edition:	2nd 2001, 2003 Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-35381-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry
LSN:	0-226-35381-8
Barcode:	9780226353814

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