Models of Madness, Models of MedicineThis book presents current models of psychopathology. For each model, the authors discuss typical clinical functions including diagnosis or definition, etiology, subject behavior, treatment, prognosis, therapy setting, types of therapists, rights of the patient and the patient's social unit, and the goals of therapy. |
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Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
THE DISCONTINUOUS MODELS OF MADNESS | 21 |
THE CONTINUOUS MODELS OF MADNESS | 42 |
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Cabbage Syndrome: The Social Construction of Dependence Colin Greenhill Barnes No preview available - 1990 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Models of Madness, Models of Medicine Harper colophon books |
| Authors | Miriam Siegler, Humphry Osmond |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 5, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0025940007, 9780025940000 |
| Length | 287 pages |
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