The social construction of mental illness and its implications for neuroplasticity / Michael T. Walker.
The Social Construction of Mental Illness and Its Implications for Neuroplasticity examines how the current concept of mental illness in society informs the dialogic skills and perspectives of psychotherapists.
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Lexington Books,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Scientific Prelude; Chapter One: The Structure of Social Scientific Revolutions; Chapter Two: Neuroplasticity; Chapter Three: The Pragmatists; Chapter Four: The Postmodernists; II: The Linguistic Paradigm; Chapter Five: The Social Construction of Reality; Chapter Six: Vocabularies, Institutionalization, and Power; Chapter Seven: The DSM Criticized by Its Makers (Applies Equally to ICD); Chapter Eight: Why This Is the Wrong Metaphor to Begin With; III: A Fundamental Egalitarianism; Chapter Nine: The Creation of the Patient.
- Chapter Ten: Unleash This Creativity onto the WorldChapter Eleven: A Postmodern Narrative-the Subjectivity of Compassion; IV: The Art Form; Chapter Twelve: The New Psychology Is an Art Form; Chapter Thirteen: If Language Is So Powerful, Then What We Want Is a Powerful Language; Chapter Fourteen: Postmodern Guerilla Tactics in Modernist Institutions; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.