The medicalization of psychotherapy : practicing under the influence / Sylvia Olney.

By:

Olney, Sylvia, 1954- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780739197035
0739197037

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: The medicalization of psychotherapyDDC classification:

616.89/14 23

LOC classification:

RC480.5

NLM classification:

WM 420

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Ethnopsychiatry and human awareness -- The heart and soul of the matter -- Attempts at explanation -- Getting by with a little help -- Seeing through a glass darkly -- Getting real -- Making meaning out of madness -- Lower than angels.

Summary: This book is an ethnographic account of the practice of clinical psychology under the auspices of the reductionism of biomedicine. Sylvia Olney uses Peircean linguistic analyses to naturalize consciousness by validating the dimensions of mind and intention to restore psychotherapy to its place as a significant healing art.

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Includes bibliographical references (page 187-191) and index.

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This book is an ethnographic account of the practice of clinical psychology under the auspices of the reductionism of biomedicine. Sylvia Olney uses Peircean linguistic analyses to naturalize consciousness by validating the dimensions of mind and intention to restore psychotherapy to its place as a significant healing art.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650