ISBN:
1498524842
,
9781498524841
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Walker, Michael T Social construction of mental illness and its implications for neuroplasticity
DDC:
305.9/084
Keywords:
Mental illness Public opinion
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Mental illness Social aspects
;
Neuroplasticity
;
Mental Disorders
;
Social Distance
;
Neuronal Plasticity
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Mental illness ; Public opinion
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Mental illness ; Social aspects
;
Neuroplasticity
Abstract:
Chapter Ten: Unleash This Creativity onto the WorldChapter Eleven: A Postmodern Narrative-the Subjectivity of Compassion; IV: The Art Form; Chapter Twelve: The New Psychology Is an Art Form; Chapter Thirteen: If Language Is So Powerful, Then What We Want Is a Powerful Language; Chapter Fourteen: Postmodern Guerilla Tactics in Modernist Institutions; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Abstract:
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Scientific Prelude; Chapter One: The Structure of Social Scientific Revolutions; Chapter Two: Neuroplasticity; Chapter Three: The Pragmatists; Chapter Four: The Postmodernists; II: The Linguistic Paradigm; Chapter Five: The Social Construction of Reality; Chapter Six: Vocabularies, Institutionalization, and Power; Chapter Seven: The DSM Criticized by Its Makers (Applies Equally to ICD); Chapter Eight: Why This Is the Wrong Metaphor to Begin With; III: A Fundamental Egalitarianism; Chapter Nine: The Creation of the Patient.
Abstract:
The Social Construction of Mental Illness and Its Implications for Neuroplasticity examines how the current concept of mental illness in society informs the dialogic skills and perspectives of psychotherapists
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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