Psychiatric Hegemony A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness /

This book offers a comprehensive Marxist critique of the business of mental health, demonstrating how the prerogatives of neoliberal capitalism for productive, self-governing citizens have allowed the discourse on mental illness to expand beyond the psychiatric institution into many previously untou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Bruce M. Z. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Clinical psychology.
Social medicine.
Social structure.
Equality.
Political science.
Psychiatry.
Psychology, Pathological.
Clinical Psychology.
Medical Sociology.
Social Structure.
Political Theory.
Psychopathology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction: Thinking Critically about Mental Illness
  • Chapter 2 Marxist Theory and Mental Illness: A Critique of Political Economy
  • Chapter 3 Psychiatric Hegemony: Mental illness in Neoliberal Society
  • Chapter 4 Work: Enforcing Compliance
  • Chapter 5 Youth: Medicalising Deviance
  • Chapter 6 Women: Reproducing Patriarchal Relations
  • Chapter 7 Resistance: Pathologising Dissent
  • Chapter 8 Conclusion: Challenging the Psychiatric Hegemon
  • Chapter Appendix 1: Methodology for Textual Analysis of the DSMs
  • Chapter Appendix 2: Youth-Related Diagnostic Categories in the DSM, 1952-2013
  • Chapter Appendix 3: 'Feminised' Diagnostic Categories in the DSM, 1952-2013.

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