| Description |
xiv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Health and medical issues today,
1558-7592
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Health and medical issues today.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and index. |
| Contents |
Series foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1 : Background of mental illness -- 1. What is mental illness? -- 2. Mental illnesses : diagnosis and description -- 3. Treatment approaches to mental illness -- 4. Scientific discoveries and advances : twentieth-century developments -- Section 2 : Controversies and issues surrounding mental illness -- 5. Validity of the biomedical model of mental illness : does mental illness exist? -- 6. Political acts and legal issues : protection or discrimination? -- 7. Treatment : when does it help? When does it hurt? -- 8. Insurance : who pays and at what price? -- Section 3 : References and resources -- A. Annotated primary documents -- B. Mental illness timeline -- C. Glossary -- D. Further reading -- Index. |
| Subject |
Mental illness -- Popular works.
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Mental illness. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| ISBN |
0313335656 alkaline paper |
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9780313335655 alkaline paper |
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