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Mental illness

Berlatsky, Noah. (Added Author).

Summary: "Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications"--

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  • ISBN: 9780737775129
  • ISBN: 0737775122
  • ISBN: 9780737775136
  • ISBN: 0737775130
  • Physical Description: print
    224 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: What causes mental illness? The social construction of mental illness : power, pathology and PMDD / Rachel V. Isreeli ; Childhood trauma can lead to mental illness / Victor Carrion ; Chronic stress can lead to mental illness / Robert Sanders ; Mental illness is overdiagnosed / Bruce Levine ; That mental illness is common does not mean it is overdiagnosed / Brent Michael Kious -- How should mental illness be treated? Pharmaceuticals are central to the treatment of schizophrenia / Margarita Tartakovsky ; Psychotherapy may be an effective treatment for severe mental illness / Rachel Pruchno ; Better treatment is needed for post-traumatic stress disorder / Lois Beckett ; The PTSD trap : our overdiagnosis of PTSD in vets is enough to make you sick / David Dobbs ; Raising public awareness may reduce male suicide / Dan Bilsker and Jennifer White ; Addressing stigma and masculinity may reduce male suicide / Owen Jones -- Is involuntary treatment for the mentally ill ethical? Involuntary treatment for the mentally ill is dangerous and harmful / Jennifer Friedenbach ; Involuntary commitment is sometimes necessary / John Casada ; Involuntary commitment is unnecessary and discriminatory / Thea Amidov ; Confining the mentally ill in prisons is ineffective and inhumane / E. Fuller Torrey et al. ; Mental hospital care is little better than prison / Chandra Bozelko -- What are issues surrounding violence and the mentally ill? The insanity defense is necessary and moral / Mental Health America ; Stop the insane insanity defense / Sam Vaknin ; Better mental health care can reduce violence / Melissa Healy ; Guns, not the mentally ill, kill people / Abby Rapoport.

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Mental Illness


What causes mental illness? How should mental illness be treated? Is involuntary treatment for the mentally ill ethical? What are the issues surrounding violence and the mentally ill? These four queries are supported and debated by a fascinating collection of primary sources and essays. Viewpoints and counterpoints are provided so that readers can evaluate more than one perspective. Essay sources include Rachel V. Israeli, Margarita Tartakovsky, E. Fuller Torrey, and Sam Vaknin.
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