1st Edition
Abolishing the Concept of Mental Illness Rethinking the Nature of Our Woes
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introducing the issues
Chapter Two: Thomas Szasz and the myth of mental illness
Chapter Three: 'Mental' and 'bodily' causes of woes: A brief history
Chapter Four: 'Major depression': The creation of a mythical disease
Chapter Five: Agency, rationality, and the concept of mental illness
Chapter Six: Medicalisation: Resistance or replacement?
Chapter Seven: Well-being and mental heath
Chapter Eight: A future without the concept of mental illness
Biography
Richard Hallam worked as a clinical psychologist, researcher, and lecturer until 2006, mainly in the National Health Service and at University College London and the University of East London. Since then he has worked independently as a writer, researcher, and therapist.
