Mad, Bad And Sad: A History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present

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I found the sections about the various amendments to the diagnostic manuals for mental health rather heavy going and could quite happily have skipped those bits had I not thought I might miss something interesting in doing so.

My only disappointment is that while her criticisms are thought provoking and valid she doesn't have any real conclusion to the work. Many psychologists are concerned about the use of diagnostic systems that classify maladaptive behaviours as illnesses when they are better understood as being on a continuum with normality.Ott, a physician with a nearly twenty-year practice, to the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane. It is an educational and thoroughly entertaining mix of history and case studies, with added emphasis on the impact of psychology, and psychiatry, and their practices on wider society. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

The triumph of Mad, Bad and Sad is to mix these evocative case studies with potted histories of the great and good of psychology and psychiatry.I do know that Kurt Cobain was not a cutter or known for self-harm of that manner, and the fact that she would include what is supposed to be an actual quote in the text and never bother to double check the veracity - or even just the exact wording - of it at all just blew my mind.

But as a perceived objective reporter, she has no business throwing in opinions at the end of paragraphs of history and assumed fact. A TV channel is devoted almost entirely to his pronouncements and tickets for his 2012 Wembley Stadium appearance are selling like hot cakes. It is a promising sign that some in the APA working party are urging a change in this direction for the DSM-5.The use of famous women’s lives and writings, such as Zelda Fitzgerald, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, and Marilyn Monroe work as case studies of both depth and breadth. This is currently under review; drafts have been issued by the APA taskforce and the final DSM-5 is expected in 2013. If an individual represents a continuing danger to the public then secure containment is necessary, regardless of whether they are mad or bad.