Schizophrenic disorders : sense and nonsense in conceptualization, assessment, and treatment / Leighton C. Whitaker ; with a chapter by Antonio E. Puente.
To correct the predominantly inadequate, and often harmful, diagnostic and treatment practices of schizophrenia, this work appraises the conceptualizations of both the schizophrenic person and the assessor. The contexts of appraisal include historical, sociological, political, and legal aspects; the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Plenum Press,
[1992]
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| Series: | Perspectives on individual differences.
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| Summary: | To correct the predominantly inadequate, and often harmful, diagnostic and treatment practices of schizophrenia, this work appraises the conceptualizations of both the schizophrenic person and the assessor. The contexts of appraisal include historical, sociological, political, and legal aspects; the methods range from the case study to the study of neural substrates. The conclusions are hopeful, and unsettling relative to the prevailing organic disease model and drug treatment. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 256 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781475721591 1475721595 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |