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Abnormal Psychology / Butcher, James N.; Mineka, Susan; Hooley, Jill M. 2007  Book
Butcher, James N. Book
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Edition 13th ed.
Publication Boston, Pearson Education, 2007.
Description xxxi, 668pOchre spine
Summary/Abstract The most authoritative and comprehensive text in abnormal psychology. The esteemed author team of Jim Butcher, Sue Mineka, and Jill Hooley offers students the most thoroughly researched, engaging, and up-to-date explanation of psychopathology, creating a learning experience that provokes thought and increases awareness. By adopting a compressive bio-psycho-social perspective, this text takes students to levels of understanding that other books do not offer. Hundreds of new references have been added to reflect the ever-changing field of abnormal psychology.
Standard Number 9780205459421 Hb.
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Mad in America: Bad science, bad medicine, and the enduring mistreatment of the mentally ill / Whitaker, Robert 2003  Book
Whtiaker, Robert Book
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Publication New York, Basic Books, 2003.
Description xviii, 334pBlack spine
Summary/Abstract Schizophrenics in the United States currently fare worse than patients in the world’s poorest countries. In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker argues that modern treatments for the severely mentally ill are just old medicine in new bottles, and that we as a society are deeply deluded about their efficacy. The widespread use of lobotomies in the 1920s and 1930s gave way in the 1950s to electroshock and a wave of new drugs. In what is perhaps Whitaker’s most damning revelation, Mad in America examines how drug companies in the 1980s and 1990s skewed their studies to prove that new antipsychotic drugs were more effective than the old, while keeping patients in the dark about dangerous side effects. A haunting, deeply compassionate book, now revised with a new introduction — Mad in America raises important questions about our obligations to the mad, the meaning of “insanity,” and what we value most about the human mind.
Contents Preface Acknowledgements Part one: The original Bedlam (1750-1900) 1. Bedlam in medicine 2. The healing hand of kindness Part two: The darkest era (1900-1950) 3. Unfit to breed 4. Too much intelligence 5. Brain damage as miracle therapy Part three: Back to Bedlam (1950-1990s) 6. Modern-day alchemy 7. The patient's reality 8. The story we told ourselves 9. Shame of a nation 10. The Nuremberg code doesn't apply here Part four: Mad medicine today (1990s-Present) 11. Not so atypical Epilogue Notes Index
Standard Number 9780738207995 Pb.
Key Words United States  Medicine  Psychology  IBDP  Mental illness  Psychiatry 
Mental health services  Treatment  Mentally ill  Schizophrenia 
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