Pathology and the Postmodern
Subtitle: Mental Illness as Discourse and Experience (Inquiries in Social Construction series)
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: February 11, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780761952527
Subjects: Anthropology; Clinical psychology; Social theory; Social Psychiatry; Mental Disorders; Psychology; Social Psychology; Psychopathology - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology; Postmodernism; Mental Illness; Psychology, Pathological; Social aspects
First sentence: A recent pamphlet published by the National Alliance for the Mentally III (NAMI) states on its opening page that 'mental illnesses are disorders of the brain that disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, moods, and ability to relate to others.