Critical Perspectives on Mental Health (Hardcover)

This text seeks to explore and evaluate the claims of what implications the critiques of these perspectives have for practice. Using the British mental health services as a case study, the book critically reviews the various social, political and intellectual developments which have shaped psychiatric practice and the delivery of mental health services. By evaluating the impact which new social and political movements of the 60s and 70s such as anti-racism, anti-psychiatry and radical feminism had on psychiatric thought, the authors argue that these movements led to challenges to the legitimacy of psychiatry. Using theoretical frameworks borrowed from critical criminology, these competing critiques are evaluated and the problems which affect the practice of mental health care in the 21st century are considered.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Vicki Coppock • John Hopton
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-85728-879-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	1-85728-879-3
Barcode:	9781857288797

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