Psychiatric Team and the Social Definition of Schizophrenia An Anthropological Study of Person and Illness

Name: Psychiatric Team and the Social Definition of Schizophrenia An Anthropological Study of Person and Illness
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ISBN: 9780521031462

ISBN-10: 052103146X

ISBN-13: 9780521031462

Edition: 2006

Authors: Rob Barrett, Peter J. Tyrer

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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, and 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…

Book details

List price: $85.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgements



Schizophrenia in context



Time and space in a progressive psychiatric hospital



Professional domains and the dimensions of a case



Clinical teams and the 'whole person'



Documenting a case: the written construction of schizophrenia



Moral trajectories: from acute psychosis to 'chronic schizophrenic'



Historical formulations of schizophrenia: degeneration and disintegration



Contemporary formulations of schizophrenia: explaining the inexplicable



Schizophrenia for practical purposes



The person, the case, and schizophrenia


References


Index