Madness Explained by Richard P Bentall

Madness Explained by Richard P Bentall

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This text shatters the myths that surround madness. It shows that there is no reassuring dividing line between mental health and mental illness. Severe mental disorders can not be reduced to brain chemistry, but must be understood psychologically, as part of normal behaviour and human nature.

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Madness Explained by Richard P Bentall

Today most of us accept the consensus that madness is a medical condition - an illness that can be identified, classified and treated with drugs like any other. In this work, Richard Bentall shatters the myths that surround madness. He shows that there is no reassuring dividing line between mental health and mental illness. Severe mental disorders can no longer be reduced to brain chemistry, but must be understood psychologically, as part of normal behaviour and human nature. Bentall argues that we need a radically new way of thinking about psychosis and its treatment. Could it be that it is fear of madness, rather than the madness itself, that is our problem?
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ISBN 13 9780713992496
ISBN 10 0713992492
Title Madness Explained
Author Richard P Bentall
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2003-06-05
Number of pages 656
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