The Social Construction and Experiences of Madness

Inter-Disciplinary Press (2016)
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This book describes how the societal understandings of madness are central to the problem of mental illness, and how this has far reaching effects on those who are said to have a mental disorder, how they perceive themselves, and treatment.

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