Description: This book is a study of schizophrenia in a modern psychiatric hospital. Its purpose is to develop a contextual understanding of schizophrenia by studying the clinical setting in which this disorder is experienced, diagnosed and treated, and it arises from an anthropological investigation of the day-to-day work of clinical staff. The author offers a penetrating analysis of the language used by hospital staff as they write and talk about their patients, and traces the evolution of the concept of schizophrenia, showing how contemporary theoretical constructs are applied by clinical staff. In its analysis of the schizophrenia team and of those experiencing the disorder, this book will reveal to mental health professionals many of the unspoken assumptions of their role. It will also confirm to social scientists and clinicians the power of the ethnographic approach in psychiatric research.
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EAN: 9780521031462
UPC: 9780521031462
ISBN: 9780521031462
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Book Title: The Psychiatric Team and the Social Definition of
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Psychiatric Team and the Social Definition of Schizophrenia: An Anthropological Study of Person and Illness
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2006
Subject: Psychology
Item Height: 228 mm
Item Weight: 544 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Robert J. Barrett
Item Width: 151 mm
Format: Paperback
