Creating Mental Illness
, by Horwitz, Allan V.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780226353814 | 0226353818
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/15/2002
In this surprising book, Allan V. Horwitz argues that our current conceptions of mental illness as a disease fit only a small number of serious psychological conditions and that most conditions currently regarded as mental illness are cultural constructions, normal reactions to stressful social circumstances, or simply forms of deviant behavior.