{"product_id":"models-of-madness","title":"Models Of Madness","description":"\u003cp\u003eAre hallucinations and delusions really symptoms of an illness called ‘schizophrenia’? Are mental health problems really caused by chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions? Are psychiatric drugs as effective and safe as the drug companies claim? Is madness preventable?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition of \u003ci\u003eModels of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e challenges those who hold to simplistic, pessimistic and often damaging theories and treatments of madness. In particular it challenges beliefs that madness can be explained without reference to social causes and challenges the excessive preoccupation with chemical imbalances and genetic predispositions as causes of human misery, including the conditions that are given the name ''schizophrenia''. This edition updates the now extensive body of research showing that hallucinations, delusions etc. are best understood as reactions to adverse life events and that psychological and social approaches to helping are more effective and far safer than psychiatric drugs and electroshock treatment. A new final chapter discusses why such a damaging ideology has come to dominate mental health and, most importantly, how to change that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eModels of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is divided into three sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection One provides a history of madness, including examples of violence against the ‘mentally ill’, before critiquing the theories and treatments of contemporary biological psychiatry and documenting the corrupting influence of drug companies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection Two summarises the research showing that hallucinations, delusions etc. are primarily caused by adverse life events (eg. parental loss, bullying, abuse and neglect in childhood, poverty, etc) and can be understood using psychological models ranging from cognitive to psychodynamic. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSection Three presents the evidence for a range of effective psychological and social approaches to treatment, from cognitive and family therapy to primary prevention. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together thirty-seven contributors from ten countries and a wide range of scientific disciplines. It provides an evidence-based, optimistic antidote to the pessimism of biological psychiatry. \u003ci\u003eModels of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e will be essential reading for all involved in mental health, including service users, family members, service managers, policy makers, nurses, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, counsellors, psychoanalysts, social workers, occupational therapists, art therapists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319061946750,"sku":"NW9780415579537","price":42.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780415579537.jpg?v=1778726760","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/models-of-madness","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}