Critical Psychiatry The Limits of Madness [Hardcover]

Psychiatry is increasingly dominated by the reductionist claim that mental illness is caused by neurobiological abnormalities. Critical psychiatry disagrees with this and proposes a more ethical foundation for practice. This book describes an original framework for renewing mental health services in alliance with people with mental health problems.Notes on Contributors Introduction: Critical Psychiatry: Reducing the Biomedical Dominance of Psychiatry; D.B.Double PART 1: ANTI-PSYCHIATRY AND CRITICAL PSYCHIATRY IN RETROSPECT Historical Perspectives on Anti-Psychiatry; D.B.Double From 'Anti-Psychiatry' to Critical Psychiatry; J.Heaton Transcultural Mental Health Care and the Challenge to Positivist Psychiatry; D.Ingleby PART 2: THE PROSPECT OF CRITICAL PSYCHIATRY The Limits of Biomedical Frameworks; L.Johnstone Understanding Psychiatry's Resistance to Change; T.Lynch The Politics of Psychiatric Drug Treatment; J.Moncrieff British Mental Health Social Work and the Psychosocial Approach in Context; S.Ramon Democracy, Citizenship and the Radial Possibilities of Postpsychiatry; P.Bracken & P.Thomas The Biopsychological Approach in Psychiatry: The Meyerian Legacy; D.B.Double Critical Child Psychiatry; S.Timimi Conclusion: Critical Psychiatry and Conflict: Renewing Mental Health Practice; D.B.Double Index

'This is a classic work that everyone working in mental health should read. Even if you don't agree with what the authors say, it will certainly encourage you to think - critically.' - Mental Health Today

PAT BRACKEN Clinical Director of the West Cork Mental Health Services, Ireland JOHN HEATON Psychotherapist in the UK and one-time colleague of R.D. Laing DAVID INGLEBY Professor of Intercultural Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands TERRY LYNCH Medical Practitioner and Psychotherapist in Limerick, Republic of Ireland LUCY JOHNSTONE Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of the West of England, UK JOANNA MONCRIEFF Senior Lecturerlc,