Normality does not equal mental health
Subtitle: the need to look elsewhere for standards of good psychological health
By: Steven James Bartlett
Publisher: Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780313399312; 9780313399329
Subjects: Creative ability; Mental health; Pathological Psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Questioning the standard of normality : steps to a more effective understanding of mental health; title: The psychology of definition in psychiatric nosology; title: The abnormal psychology of creativity and the pathology of normality; title: Acedia : when work and money are the exclusive values; title: Barbarians at the door : a psychological and historical profile of today's college students; title: Psychology, culture, and the demoralization of university faculty; title: The psychology of abuse in publishing : peer review and editorial bias; title: The psychology of mediocrity : internal limitations that block human development; title: Normality, pathology, and mental health; title: The reflexive turn in psychology.