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Mental Illness as a Metaphor [PDF]
Nature, 1973 This article is a slightly modified and expanded version of Professor Szasz's introductory remarks on the BBC television programme Controversy, recorded at the Royal Institution on July 27, 1972, and broadcast on October 2, 1972.
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Mental Illness and Mental Handicap
1985This chapter, together with the one which follows, concentrates on the needs of particular groups of people and the welfare provision which exists to meet these needs. People suffering from mental illnesses and those with a mental handicap are discussed in this chapter, while the next focuses on the needs of people who are elderly and people with ...
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Psychiatric Quarterly, 1974
The author reminisces about his training in the '40's, when “everything seemed to be in good order in the house of psychiatry,” and then turns to a philosophical consideration of confusions which have arisen because advancing knowledge inevitably complicates rather than simplifies our understanding of mental health and illness.
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The author reminisces about his training in the '40's, when “everything seemed to be in good order in the house of psychiatry,” and then turns to a philosophical consideration of confusions which have arisen because advancing knowledge inevitably complicates rather than simplifies our understanding of mental health and illness.
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AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2014
How can nurses identify and address signs of potential violence in their patients?
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How can nurses identify and address signs of potential violence in their patients?
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Mental Health and Mental Illness
1976In recent years there has been considerable discussion and controversy concerning the concepts of mental health and mental illness. The controversy has centered around the problem of providing criteria for an adequate conception of mental health and illness, as well as difficulties in specifying a clear and workable system for the classification ...
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Scientific American, 2018
The article focuses on research concerning the genetic links to the psychiatric conditions of autism, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. It states genetic analyses of 700 human brains of deceased people who'd suffered major depression, alcoholism, or the above three conditions were compared to a control group.
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The article focuses on research concerning the genetic links to the psychiatric conditions of autism, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. It states genetic analyses of 700 human brains of deceased people who'd suffered major depression, alcoholism, or the above three conditions were compared to a control group.
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Homelessness and Mental Illness
British Journal of Psychiatry, 1993In Great Britain 1–2 million people may be homeless. Most homeless people are men, but about 10–25% are women, of whom about half are accompanied by children. Significant mental illness is present in 30–50% of the homeless: functional psychoses predominate; acute distress and personality dysfunction are also prevalent.
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2001
Objective: To examine whether dementia is a mental illness. Method: An analysis of decisions in the Supreme Court of New South Wales that dementia per se was not a mental illness in terms of the 1958 Mental Health Act. A brief review of the extrusion of other diseases from psychiatry. Results: Concepts in legislation are based on a dichotomy between
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Objective: To examine whether dementia is a mental illness. Method: An analysis of decisions in the Supreme Court of New South Wales that dementia per se was not a mental illness in terms of the 1958 Mental Health Act. A brief review of the extrusion of other diseases from psychiatry. Results: Concepts in legislation are based on a dichotomy between
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MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1972Alice Mae Adam, Mabyl K. Johnston
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