Psychosis and Human Nature

Madness Explained

'Bentall has brought the patient back into the mainstream of humanity' Aaron T. Beck, from preface.

A revised edition of Madness Explained, Richard Bentall's groundbreaking classic on mental illness 
 
In Madness Explained, leading clinical psychologist Richard Bentall shatters the modern myths that surround psychosis. Is madness purely a medical condition that can be treated with drugs? Is there a clear dividing line between who is sane and who is insane? For this revised edition, he adds new material drawing on the recent advances in molecular genetics, new studies of the role of environment in psychosis, and important discoveries on early symptoms preceding illness, among other important developments in our understanding. 
 
'Madness Explained is a substantial, yet highly accessible work. Full of insight and humanity, it deserves a wide readership.' Sunday Times 
 
'Will give readers a glimpse both of answers to their own problems, and to questions about how the mind works' Independent Magazine 
 
Richard P. Bentall holds a Chair in Experimental Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester. In 1989 he received the British Psychological Society's May Davidson Award for his contribution to the field of Clinical Psychology.

Richard P. Bentall holds a Chair in Experimental Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester. In 1989 he received the British Psychological Society's May Davidson Award for his contribution to the field of Clinical Psychology.

THIS BOOK WILL EXPLAIN WHAT MADNESS IS, TO SHOW THAT IT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD IN PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS, AND THAT BY STUDYING IT WE CAN LEARN IMPORTANT INSIGHTS ABOUT THE NORMAL MIND. THE BOOK WILL ARGUE THAT TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO MADNESS MUST BE ABANDONED IN FAVOUR OF A NEW APPROACH WHICH IS MORE CONSISTENT WITH THAT WE NOW KNOW ABOUT THE HUMAN MIND. OVER THE LAST CENTURY OR SO IT HAS BECOME SO COMMONPLACE TO REGARD MADNESS SIMPLY AS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT IT HAS BECOME DIFFICULT TO THINK OF IT IN ANY OTHER WAY. BENTALL ARGUES INSTEAD THAT DELUSIONS, HALLUCINATIONS AND OTHER UNUSUAL BEHAVIOURS ARE BEST UNDERSTOOD PSYCHOLOGICALLY, AND THAT SUCH EXPERIENCES FOR THE MOST PART REPRESENT EXAGGERATIONS OF MENTAL FOIBLES TO WHICH WE ARE ALL PRONE.

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Bentall is one of psychiatry's most eloquent enemies . . . the drugs don't work

It is the very balance of his approach that drives his opponents crazy . . . Passionate . . . a brave book

Bentall pulls no punches . . . his credentials ensure that his punches carry weight

Paints a stark picture of a mental health system riddled with corruption and incompetence

Wonderful. Everyone personally or professionally concerned with mental health should read this . . . I dearly wish it could be put into the hands of the politicians and their advisors who make decisions about the life and rights of others

At a time when dialogue in the presence of other human beings is becoming less and less available, this brave book gives a sense of why this could be disastrous

Why psychiatric treatments fail

Why is the Western world's treatment of mental illness so flawed? Who really benefits from psychiatry? And why would a patient in Nigeria have a much greater chance of recovery than one in the UK? 
 
In Doctoring the Mind, leading clinical psychologist Richard Bentall reveals the shocking truths behind the system of mental health care in the West. With a heavy dependence on pills and the profit they bring, psychiatry has been relying on myths and misunderstandings of madness for too long, and builds on methods which can often hinder rather than help the patient. 
 
Bentall argues passionately for a new future of mental health, one that considers the patient as an individual and redefines our understanding and treatment of madness for the twenty-first century.

Doctoring the Mind

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Bentall is one of psychiatry's most eloquent enemies . . . the drugs don't work

It is the very balance of his approach that drives his opponents crazy . . . Passionate . . . a brave book

Bentall pulls no punches . . . his credentials ensure that his punches carry weight

Bentall is one of psychiatry's most eloquent enemies . . . the drugs don't work

It is the very balance of his approach that drives his opponents crazy . . . Passionate . . . a brave book

Bentall pulls no punches . . . his credentials ensure that his punches carry weight

Bentall is one of psychiatry's most eloquent enemies . . . the drugs don't work

It is the very balance of his approach that drives his opponents crazy . . . Passionate . . . a brave book

Bentall pulls no punches . . . his credentials ensure that his punches carry weight

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