Critical perspectives on mental health / Vicki Coppock and John Hopton.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2000.Description: viii, 208p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781857288797 (hbk.) :
- 9781857288803 (pbk.) :
- 1857288793
- 362.20941 21
- RC437.5 .C67 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-206) and index.
The historical maze -- From asylum to community : relocating psychiatry -- Alternative models of managing mental distress -- Anti-psychiatry : passing fad or force for change? -- Gender and race critiques of psychiatry -- Crises of legitimacy -- Towards a new critical perspective on mental health care -- Implications for practice.
Using the British mental health services as a case study, this book reviews the various social, political and intellectual developments which have shaped psychiatric practice. It assesses the impact of social and political movements of the 60s and 70s.
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