234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is an introduction to the uncertainties and incongruities about madness. It is aimed at all of those who are curious about this subject whether out of general inquisitiveness or because it is part of a formal course of study.
Using case studies of real people in order to explain, humanise, and bring to life the subject, Peter Morrall critically analyses how madness has been and is... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1. Madness Manufactured
Chapter 2. Incarceration and Control
Chapter 3. Sane Insanity
Chapter 4. Insane Society
Chapter 5. Science and Psychiatry
Conclusion
Biography
Peter Morrall is an Associate Professor of Health Sociology at the University
of Leeds, UK, who focuses on constructive critiques of the meaning of madness,
madness and murder, and psychotherapy. He also rides motorbikes, sings, and
plays the saxophone, but (so far) not all three at once.
