In 1981, Toronto activist Mel Starkman wrote:"" An important new movement is sweeping
through the western world.... The'mad,'the oppressed, the ex-inmates of society's asylums …

Remediating deficits and managing disabilities has been a central preoccupation for clinical
psychologists. Positive Psychology, in contrast, is concerned with the enhancement of …

Linda Morrison brings the voices and issues of a little-known, complex social movement to
the attention of sociologists, mental health professionals, and the general public. The …

This second edition of Models of Madness challenges the simplistic, pessimistic and often
damaging theories and treatments of the 'medical model'of madness. Psychiatric diagnoses …

For most of us, the term'recovery'in mental health implies hope and normality for those
suffering from emotional distress. It is understandable why recovery has therefore become a …

The literature on formulation generally assumes that it is a process carried out in
collaboration with individuals or families, and this is how it is described and taught in …

In this chapter, a brief overview of systemic theory is offered within a historical perspective
which describes how it has progressed through a number of phases from a relatively …

The reader who has reached this point may well be feeling overwhelmed by the numerous
ways of understanding Jack's and Janet's difficulties. There are certainly striking differences …

'Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease.'In June 2003, this was the
opening statement of the US government agency, the National Institute for Mental Health, on …

The previous chapters have outlined some of the limitations of the biomedical approach to
the experiences that are referred to aspsychosis'. In this chapter, I will expand on these …