Madness Cracked

Zusatztext Psychiatric diagnostic categories are the bane of the clinical psychologists life. . . Madness Cracked is another attempt to make a case for an alternative diagnostic system, one that Mick Power calls the SPAARS model (schematic, propositional, analogical, and associative representational systems). Informationen zum Autor Mick Power is a clinical psychologist who works in the psychology trauma services at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. In the past he has worked at universities and hospitals in London, Milan, Tromso, Lisbon, and Beijing. For many years he has worked as an adviser to the World Health Organization on the measurement of quality of life and well-being. Mick is the founding editor of the journal Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. Klappentext The recent publication of DSM-5 highlighted the two opposing views that exist within psychology and psychiatry as to how we deal with mental disorders. This book provides an introduction to the history of psychiatry and clinical psychology, looking at how people have attempted to classify the various problems and disorders they face Zusammenfassung The recent publication of DSM-5 highlighted the two opposing views that exist within psychology and psychiatry as to how we deal with mental disorders. This book provides an introduction to the history of psychiatry and clinical psychology, looking at how people have attempted to classify the various problems and disorders they face Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: A Brief History of Madness 2: Diagnosis and Classification 3: The Current Approach 4: Disorders of Biological Drives 5: Disorders of Social Drives 6: Disorders of Emotions 7: Disorders of Cognition 8: Overview and Implications References

Product details

• Authors: Mick Power, Mick (Consultant Clinical Psychologist Power, Power Mick
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2014
• EAN: 9780198703877
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870387-7
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Self-tuition materials (general); Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, SCIENCE / History, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Philosophy of Mind, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Abnormal psychology, History of Science