Challenging Psychiatry's Reliance on the Disease Model: A New Take on Diagnosis, Pathology and Disablement

By Digby Tantam

This volume critiques and challenges the use and promotion of the disease model in psychiatry, arguing that its misconceived approach prevents the preferred disablement model from becoming the default method to understand mental health conditions, including schizophrenia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103270943X
• ISBN13: 9781032709437
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"