Mental illness / Marie L. Thompson.
By: Thompson, Marie L.
Material type: TextSeries: Health and medical issues today. Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-215) and index.Description: xiv, 219 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0313335656 (alk. paper); 9780313335655 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Mental illnessDDC classification: 618.89 Online resources: Table of contentsItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-215) and index.
Series foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1 : Background of mental illness -- 1. What is mental illness? -- 2. Mental illnesses : diagnosis and description -- 3. Treatment approaches to mental illness -- 4. Scientific discoveries and advances : twentieth-century developments -- Section 2 : Controversies and issues surrounding mental illness -- 5. Validity of the biomedical model of mental illness : does mental illness exist? -- 6. Political acts and legal issues : protection or discrimination? -- 7. Treatment : when does it help? When does it hurt? -- 8. Insurance : who pays and at what price? -- Section 3 : References and resources -- A. Annotated primary documents -- B. Mental illness timeline -- C. Glossary -- D. Further reading -- Index.
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