Psychiatry: A Very Short Introduction
Tom Burns
Explaining what psychiatry is and what it does, this work looks at the major illnesses and how they are treated, and outlines a brief history of the subject, focusing on the controversies that have inevitably surrounded it - from political abuse to the very existence or otherwise of both mental illness and 'normality'.
Abstract: Explains what psychiatry is and what it does. This book looks at the major illnesses and how they are treated, and outlines a brief history of the subject, focusing on the controversies that have inevitably surrounded it - from political abuse to the very existence or otherwise of both mental illness and 'normality'.
Abstract: Explains what psychiatry is and what it does. This book looks at the major illnesses and how they are treated, and outlines a brief history of the subject, focusing on the controversies that have inevitably surrounded it - from political abuse to the very existence or otherwise of both mental illness and 'normality'.
Año:
2006
Editorial:
Oxford University Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
144
ISBN 10:
0192807277
ISBN 13:
9780192807274
Serie:
Very short introductions
Archivo:
EPUB, 699 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2006