Madness

Name: Madness
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415786591
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History, Concepts and Controversies

By Philip Tyson and Shakiela Khanam Davies and Alison Torn

Summary

Madness: History, Concepts and Controversies offers a comprehensive and critical examination of mental illness through historical, social, and cultural lenses. It explores the portrayal of madness in world religions and folklore, traces early methods of treatment, and discusses contemporary models of mental health. The authors engage with ongoing debates and controversies, encouraging a deeper understanding of psychological disorders within a broader societal context.
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This book is suitable for students, researchers, and general readers interested in psychology, mental health, and the historical and cultural aspects of mental illness.

This important book provides an engaging, critical overview of the social, political and cultures filters through mental illness has been understood through the ages.

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Madness: History, Concepts and Controversies provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of current perspectives on mental illness and how they have been shaped by historical trends and dominant sociocultural paradigms.

From its representation among world religions and wider folkloric myth, to early attempts to rationalise and treat symptoms of mental disorder, this book outlines the principal contemporary models of understanding mental health and situates them within a wider historical and social context. The authors consider a variety of current controversies within the mental health arena and provide numerous pedagogical features to allow students the opportunity to understand and engage in current issues and debates relating to psychological disorders.

By discussing key issues such as the social construction of mental illness, this text provides an essential overview of how societies and science have understood mental illness, and will appeal to students, researchers and general readers alike.

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Katherine Hubbard of the University of Surrey praises this book as an exceptional teaching resource that provides an in-depth, contextual, and critical overview of mental health history and key issues, ideal for both learning and critical engagement.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415786591

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 December 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 5 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 26 Halftones, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 690g

Pages: 270

Collections

Alison Torn Education & Reference Non-Fiction Philip Tyson Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Shakiela Khanam Davies

About the Author

Dr. Philip John Tyson is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of South Wales. He has an extensive background in mental health research where his main interests lie in psychosis, phobias and links between physical activity and psychological health.

Dr. Shakiela Khanam Davies is a Clinical Psychology Lecturer at the University of South Wales. Her research interests include Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Research Methods, Mental Health and Online Grooming.

Dr. Alison Torn is Senior Teaching Fellow at Leeds Trinity University, teaching Social Psychology and Critical Mental Health.