Mental Illness and the Body: Beyond Diagnosis

by Louise Phillips (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $93.85

  Observation of the body helps psychiatrists to determine the cause and treatment of mental illness. With reference to a range of theoretical perspectives including philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism and sociology, this book explores the ways in which understanding 'lived experience' may usefully be applied to mental health practice.