The Psychiatric Team and the Social Definition of Schizophrenia: An Anthropological Study of Person and Illness

by Robert J. Barrett

Book Overview

This book is a study of schizophrenia in a modern psychiatric hospital. Its purpose is to develop a contextual understanding of schizophrenia by studying the clinical setting in which this disorder is experienced, diagnosed and treated. It arises from an anthropological investigation of the day-to-day work of clinical staff. The author offers a penetrating analysis of the language used by hospital staff as they write and talk about their patients...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052103146X
• ISBN13: 9780521031462
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"