Mirrors of Madness

Patrolling the Psychic Border

Bruce Luske (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

1990
AldineTransaction (Verlag)
978-0-202-30423-6 (ISBN)

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Mirrors of Madness depicts the social-psychological processes and institutional consequences of psychiatric staffs experience of "closet insanity" (private worries about theirown social and psychological competence) and "reverse role modeling" (identification with their labeled psychotic clients' public behavior).

The book shows how, in attempting to ward off the threat involved in these processes, staffs tend to be more vigilant of their own behavior while redirecting their insecurities toward their clients in the form of derogatory humor in psychiatric evaluations. These and other activities are shown to be inhibiting factors in the rehabilitative function of social control agencies.

Bruce Luske

Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. CONSTRUCTING PSYCHIATRIC REALITY, 2. BORDER CROSSING, 3. BORDER PATROL, 4. BORDER LINES, 5. BORDER DISPUTES, 6. BORDERLAND, REFERENCES AND WORKS OF RELATED INTEREST, INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.1990
Reihe/Serie	Social Problems & Social Issues
Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	226 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	0-202-30423-X / 020230423X
ISBN-13	978-0-202-30423-6 / 9780202304236
Zustand	Neuware