The nine dimensions of madness
Subtitle: redefining mental health
By: Robert Gallon
Contributors: Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9781583949269
Subjects: Mental illness; Pathological Psychology
Description: "This book challenges the current medicalization of mental disorders by proposing a system of viewing mental problems as varying dimensions of dysfunction, rather than as pathological, thus encouraging people to become active participants in their own lives and empowering them to cope with life's difficulties"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and some definitions; title: How madness became medical; title: The rise of psychiatric diagnosis; title: An alternative model; title: Reality misperception; title: Mood dysfunction; title: Anxiety; title: Cognitive competence; title: Social competence; title: Somatoform dysfunction; title: Substance dependence; title: Motivation and impulse control; title: Socialization dysfunction; title: Dimensional treatment; title: The present and the future.