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Psychosis under discussion : how we talk about madness / Michael Farrell.

By: Farrell, Michael, 1948- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2017Description: 166 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138287464 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Mental health | Mental health -- Philosophy | Communication in psychiatry | Communication in psychology | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 616.8'9 Summary: This title examines the ways in which psychosis is discussed by considering the relationship between language and the perception of mental disorder. A wide range of perspectives is discussed - including historical terms, personal accounts, psychiatric terminology, psychoanalysis and later theoretical analyses, advocacy, anti-psychiatry, slang and humour, and media coverage - and each way of discussing psychosis is revealing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title examines the ways in which psychosis is discussed by considering the relationship between language and the perception of mental disorder. A wide range of perspectives is discussed - including historical terms, personal accounts, psychiatric terminology, psychoanalysis and later theoretical analyses, advocacy, anti-psychiatry, slang and humour, and media coverage - and each way of discussing psychosis is revealing.

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