Inequity and madness : psychosocial and human rights issues / José Guimón.
2001
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Author
Title
Inequity and madness : psychosocial and human rights issues / José Guimón.
Published
New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2001]
Copyright
©2001
Call Number
RC455.2 E8 G85 2001
ISBN
0306466740
Description
xviii, 225 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)47863186
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-219) and index.
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Table of Contents
Sect. 1
Discrimination Against Mental Patients
Ch. 1Mental Illness and Equity: Matters Conceptual
1
Ch. 2Madness, Evil and Reason: Matters Historical
9
Ch. 3Positive Bias: The Myth of the "Crazy Genius"
21
Ch. 4Negative Bias: Dangerousness and Incompetence
35
Ch. 5Prejudices in the General Population
47
Ch. 6Attitudes Towards the Mental Health Professionals
59
Ch. 7Prejudice Against Psychiatric Treatments
71
Ch. 8How to Overcome Prejudice
87
Sect. 2
Human Rights and Inequity for Mental Patients
Ch. 9The Question of Human Rights of the Mentally Ill
99
Ch. 10Non-Discrimination and Equity
111
Ch. 11Restrictions of Freedom: Involuntary Hospitalisation
125
Ch. 12Uses and Abuses of Psychiatric Diagnosis
135
Ch. 13Dilemmas Arising in Psychiatric Treatment and Research
145
Ch. 14Discrimination Against the Weak
157
Ch. 15The Conditions in Mental Health Facilities
173
Ch. 16Specific Ethical Dilemmas in Mental Health
185
Ch. 17Summary and Conclusions
197
Bibliography
207
Index
221