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3: Psychiatric Hegemony: Mental Illness in Neoliberal Society Hegemony, Ideology, and Professional Power; The "Public Language" of the DSM-III; The Rise of Neoliberalism and Hegemonic Psychiatry; Bio-Power, Governance, and Psychiatric Hegemony; Summary; Bibliography; 4: Work: Enforcing Compliance; Moral Treatment and the Work Ethic; The "Humanisation" of Work; Case Study: Social Anxiety Disorder; Summary; Bibliography; 5: Youth: Medicalising Deviance; The Social Construction of Childhood; "Intelligence" Testing; The Rise of the Risky Kid;Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures and Tables; 1: Introduction: Thinking Critically About Mental Illness; Critical Scholarship on Mental Illness; Deconstructing the "Science" of Psychiatry; The Urgency for Marxist Theory; Summary; Bibliography; 2: Marxist Theory and Mental Illness: A Critique of Political Economy; Historical Materialism; Marxism, Medicine, and Mental Health; Industrialisation and the Mad Doctors; Biological Theory and Physical Treatments; The Drugs "Revolution"; Summary; Bibliography;Colonial Resistance and Psychiatry's "Civilising" Principle The Culture of Fear and the War witho

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Author
Cohen, Bruce M. Z.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9781349689798
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Psychology, Medical

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