A Prescription for Psychiatry - 9781137408709

A Prescription for Psychiatry lays bare the flaws and failings of traditional mental health care and offers a radical alternative. Exposing the old-fashioned biological 'disease model' of psychiatry as unscientific and unhelpful, it calls for a revolution in the way we plan and deliver care. Kinderman challenges the way we think about mental health problems, arguing that the origins of distress are largely social, and urges a change from a 'disease model' to a 'psychosocial model'. The book persuasively argues that we should significantly reduce our use of psychiatric medication, and help should be tailored to each person's unique needs. This is a manifesto for an entirely new approach to psychiatric care; one that truly offers care rather than coercion, therapy rather than medication, and a return to the common sense appreciation that distress is usually an understandable reaction to life's challenges.

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: A Prescription for Psychiatry
• Sottotitolo: Why We Need a Whole New Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Lingua: English
• Autore:  Peter Kinderman
• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Collana: Palgrave Macmillan (Paperback)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 03 Settembre '14
• Genere: MEDICAL
• Argomenti :  Health Care Reform Mental Health Services organization & administration Mental Disorders therapy
• Pagine: 212
• Dimensioni mm: 215 x 139 x 0
• ISBN-10: 1137408707
• EAN-13: 9781137408709