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A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis (second edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Diagnosis (second edition) (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: The Straight Talking Introductions series
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Loot Price R483
Discovery Miles 4 830
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Do you need your psychiatric diagnosis? This book will help you
decide. In this second, updated edition of a best-selling title,
Lucy Johnstone revisits the revolution that is underway in mental
health. No one doubts that people’s distress is very real – but
are they actually suffering from illnesses that need a diagnosis?
In today’s world, where mental health is a crucial topic, this
might seem an odd question. And yet even the authors of the
diagnostic manuals are admitting that these categories are not
supported by evidence. No one has been able to identify the
‘chemical imbalances’ that are said to cause distress. No one
can reliably distinguish one ‘mental illness’ from another. And
the more labels and pills we offer, the faster the increase in
mental health problems. Something is badly wrong. Johnstone shows
that we need to change the question from ‘What’s wrong with
you?’ to ‘What’s happened to you?’ Distress, even its
severe forms, arises out of our lives and relationships. Narratives
and personal stories show us this truth, whereas labels obscure it.
The book ends with a new, hard-hitting analysis of the political,
economic and social forces that drive the diagnostic model. In our
increasingly competitive, unequal and fragmented world, we are all
struggling. We are told the answer lies in finding the right
diagnosis. We are encouraged to talk about our ‘mental health’
instead of the conditions of our lives. And increasingly, we
ourselves seek out labels which reassure us that our feelings of
shame, failure and difference are not our fault. Indeed, as
Johnstone shows, we are not to blame. But nor will the rapid spread
of diagnostic labels provide an answer. There are better ways
forward. This book is about choice. It is about demystifying one of
the most influential myths of our age and giving people the
information to make up their own minds. It opens up hope and new
ways forward for anyone who has been given a diagnostic label.
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