Publication

2006-10-18 - Oxford University Press, USA, New York

Language

English

Word Count

40,000 words, Guess

Page Count

160 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007271559
  • Goodreads1406842
  • LibraryThing2506333

Classifications

  • LCCRC454

Description

Explaining what psychiatry is and what it does, this work looks at the major mental illnesses and how they are treated. It outlines a brief history of the subject, focusing on the controversies that have inevitably surrounded it - from political abuse to the very existence or otherwise of both mental illness and 'normality'.

Subjects

Topics

616.89Psychiatry2006 o-230Wm 100 b967p 2006Rc454 .b8435 2006

Series Statement

  • Very short introductions

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