Liberatory Psychiatry - Philosophy, Politics and Mental Health (Paperback)

Psychiatry can help free persons from social, physical and psychological oppression, and it can assist persons to lead free self-directed lives. And, because social realities impact on mental well-being, psychiatry has a critical role to play in social struggles that further liberation. These are the basic foundations of liberatory psychiatry. In recent years, dramatic transformations in social and political structures worldwide have increased the problems of domination, alienation, consumerism, class, gender, religion, race and ethnicity. Confronting the psychological impact of these changes, and exploring new ideas to help develop the liberatory potential of psychiatry, this book should be read by mental health practitioners from the widest range of disciplines and those interested in social theory and political science.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Carl I. Cohen • Sami Timimi
Dimensions:	245 x 175 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	306
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-68981-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry
LSN:	0-521-68981-3
Barcode:	9780521689816

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