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'Fast becoming a contemporary classic... this book tries both to be critical and engender critical thinking in a number of ways. It offers an overview of a number of theories that address human distress as well as particular forms of "pathology". This book effectively highlights the way that western society has taken "normal"; and "abnormal" emotional states to be factual entities rather than the constructed understandings of human phenomena that they are.... should be on the reading list of every course/module that attends to human distress′ - Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis This practical and accessible critique of the institutions, practices and presuppositions that underlie the study of 'psychopathology′ will be invaluable for students and practitioners who are working to understand mental health and distress. The authors - who come from backgrounds in clinical psychology, psychiatric social work, psychoanalysis, psychology teaching and action research - challenge the traditions of the field. They analyze the notion of 'psychopathology′ as a conventional term in psychology and psychiatry through the language and institutions that hold it in place; and explore

Author

Ian Parker; Eugenie Georgaca; David Harper; Terence McLaughlin; Mark Stowell-Smith

Publisher

SAGE Publications, Limited

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780803974814

Subjects

Psychology, Medical, Social_sciences

Rating

2.6 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14