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: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780761952534
Subjects: Anthropology; Postmodernism; Social aspects; Psychology, Pathological; Psychology; Social psychiatry; Psychopathology - General; Social Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology; Mental Illness
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.