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Mental illness

Author: Marie L Thompson
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
Series: Health and medical issues today
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Marie L Thompson
ISBN: 0313335656 9780313335655
OCLC Number: 71241942
Description: xiv, 219 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 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.
Series Title: Health and medical issues today
Responsibility: Marie L. Thompson.
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