Mental illness / Noah Berlatsky, Book Editor.
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- ISBN: 9780737775129
- ISBN: 0737775122
- ISBN: 9780737775136
- ISBN: 0737775130
- Physical Description: 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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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RC 454 .M46 2016 | 30775305520679 | General Collection | Available | - |