Bibliograph

The psychiatric team and the social definition of schizophrenia, an anthropological study of person and illness, Robert J. Barrett ; foreword by Byron J. Good

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The psychiatric team and the social definition of schizophrenia, an anthropological study of person and illness, Robert J. Barrett ; foreword by Byron J. Good

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The psychiatric team and the social definition of schizophrenia

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

976483356

Responsibility statement

Robert J. Barrett ; foreword by Byron J. Good

Series statement

Studies in social and community psychiatryCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

an anthropological study of person and illness

Summary

This book is a study of schizophrenia in a modern psychiatric hospital. Its purpose is to develop a contextual understanding of schizophrenia by studying the clinical setting in which this disorder is experienced, diagnosed and treated. It arises from an anthropological investigation of the day-to-day work of clinical staff. The author offers a penetrating analysis of the language used by hospital staff as they write and talk about their patients and traces the evolution of the concept of schizophrenia, showing how contemporary theoretical constructs are applied by clinical staff. In its analysis of the schizophrenia team and of those experiencing the disorder, this book will reveal to mental health professionals many of the unspoken assumptions of their role. It will also confirm to social scientists and clinicians the power of the ethnographic approach in psychiatric research.--, Provided by publisher

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