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Madness Explained : Psychosis and Human Nature by Richard P. Bentall; Aaron T. Beck is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Madness Explained : Psychosis and Human Nature about?

Is madness purely a medical condition that can be treated with drugs? Is there really a clear dividing line between mental health and mental illness - or is it not so easy to classify who is sane and who is insane? In Madness Explained leading clinical psychologist Richard Bentall shatters the modern myths that surround psychosis. This groundbreaking work argues that we cannot define madness as an illness to be cured like any other; that labels such as 'schizophrenia' and 'manic depression' are meaningless, based on nineteenth-century classifications; and that experiences such as delusions and hearing voices are in fact exaggerations of the mental foibles to which we are all vulnerable. We need, Bentall argues, a radically new way of thinking about psychiatric problems - one that does not reduce madness to brain chemistry, but understands and accepts it as part of human nature.

Who reads Madness Explained : Psychosis and Human Nature?

Author

Richard P. Bentall; Aaron T. Beck

Publisher

Penguin Group UK

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140275407

Category

science

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Fiction

Rating

4.19 / 5 (353 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13