Inscription, Diagnosis, Deception and the Mental Health Industry [electronic resource] : How Psy Governs Us All /
Newnes, Craig.author.
The Psy complex governs us all by inscribing, diagnosing and interfering in our lives. This volume takes historical, sociological and psychological perspectives in exploring the complicity of patients, professions and governments with Psy and attempts by all three to constrain the industry's activities.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Thou Shalt Not Kill -- 2. The Service Wounds -- 3. Labelling and Languaging the Other -- 4. Rejection: Exclusion and Incarceration -- 5. Assault as 'Treatment' -- 6. Drugging Our Way to Oblivion. -- 7. A Mouthful of Air: Talking Therapies and the Emperor's New Clothes -- 8. Governing Professions I: Us and Them -- 9. Governing Professions II: Them and Us -- 10. So It Goes.
The Psy complex governs us all by inscribing, diagnosing and interfering in our lives. This volume takes historical, sociological and psychological perspectives in exploring the complicity of patients, professions and governments with Psy and attempts by all three to constrain the industry's activities.
Social policy.
Clinical psychology.
Social work.
Social medicine.
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Medicine.
Social Policy.
Clinical Psychology.
Social Work.
Medical Sociology.
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Medicine/Public Health, general.