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      The Philosophical Defence of Psychiatry
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      The Philosophical Defence of Psychiatry book

      ByLawrie Reznek
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1991
      eBook Published 14 March 1991
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203981726
      Pages 264
      eBook ISBN 9780203981726
      Subjects Humanities
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      Reznek, L. (1991). The Philosophical Defence of Psychiatry (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203981726

      ABSTRACT

      By first analysing the arguments of psychiatry's critics and the philosophical ideas of such thinkers as Freud, Eysenck, Laing, Szasz, Sedgwick and Foucault and by then providing answers to the many contentious and diverse questions raised, Dr. Reznek aims to establish a philosophical defence of the theory and practice of psychiatry.
      As both a qualified philosopher and psychiatrist, the author is exceptionally p[laced to undertake the examination of a subject which has hitherto remained untackled. It will be easily accessible to a wide variety of non-specialists as well. It will be of specific interest to those involved in the practice of philosophy, psychiatry, clinical psychology, social work and psychiatric nursing.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |12 pages

      INTRODUCTION: PSYCHIATRY IN CRISIS

      chapter 1|14 pages

      THE MEDICAL PARADIGM

      chapter 2|14 pages

      SIGMUND FREUD AND THE PATHOLOGIZING OF NORMALITY

      chapter 3|14 pages

      HANS EYSENCK AND THE NORMALIZING OF NEUROSIS

      chapter 4|18 pages

      RONALD LAING AND THE RATIONALIZING OF MADNESS

      chapter 5|24 pages

      THOMAS SZASZ AND THE PHYSICALIZING OF DISEASE

      chapter 6|8 pages

      PETER SEDGWICK AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ILLNESS

      chapter 7|16 pages

      THOMAS SCHEFF AND THE LABELLING OF DEVIANCE

      chapter 8|10 pages

      MICHEL FOUCAULT AND THE CIVILIZING OF MADNESS

      chapter 9|26 pages

      PARADIGMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS

      chapter 10|22 pages

      THE NATURE OF MENTAL ILLNESS

      chapter 11|14 pages

      IS PSYCHIATRY A SCIENCE?

      chapter 12|18 pages

      PSYCHIATRY AND RESPONSIBILITY

      chapter 13|18 pages

      THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHIATRY

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