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Mental Illness and the Body : Beyond Diagnosis by Louise Phillips is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mental Illness and the Body : Beyond Diagnosis about?

<p>Using real life case studies of people experiencing mental illness, this book identifies how bodily presentation of patients may reflect certain aspects of their ‘lived experience’.</p> <p>With reference to a range of theoretical perspectives including philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism and sociology, <em>Mental Illness and the Body</em> explores the ways in which understanding ‘lived experience’ may usefully be applied to mental health practice. Key features include:</p> <p><br> </p> <ul> <li>an overview of the history of British psychiatry including treatments</li> <li>an analysis of feminism and the way its insights have been applied to understanding women's mental health and illness</li> <li>in-depth interviews with four patients diagnosed with mental illness</li> <li>an outline of Freudian and post-Freudian perspectives on the body and their relevance to current mental health practice.</li> </ul> <br> <p><em>Mental Illness and the Body</em> is essential reading for mental health practitioners, allied professionals and anyone with an interest in the body and mental illness.</p>

Who reads Mental Illness and the Body : Beyond Diagnosis?

Author

Louise Phillips

Publisher

London ; New York: Routledge

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780415383202

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Science, Social Science