Critical Psychiatry: The Limits of Madness - Hardcover

by D. Double (Editor)

Psychiatry is increasingly dominated by the reductionist claim that mental illness is caused by neurobiological abnormalities. Critical psychiatry disagrees with this and proposes a more ethical foundation for practice. This book describes an original framework for renewing mental health services in alliance with people with mental health problems.

Author Biography

PAT BRACKEN Clinical Director of the West Cork Mental Health Services, Ireland JOHN HEATON Psychotherapist in the UK and one-time colleague of R.D. Laing DAVID INGLEBY Professor of Intercultural Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands TERRY LYNCH Medical Practitioner and Psychotherapist in Limerick, Republic of Ireland LUCY JOHNSTONE Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of the West of England, UK JOANNA MONCRIEFF Senior Lecturer in Social and Community Psychiatry, University College London, UK SHULAMIT RAMON Professor of Interprofessional Health and Social Studies, Anglia Polytechnic University, UK PHILIP THOMAS Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Citizenship and Community Mental Health, University of Bradford, UK SAMI TIMIMI Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust, UK.