Diagnostic Cultures: A Cultural Approach to the Pathologization of Modern Life

By Svend Brinkmann

Book Overview

Drawing on new empirical case studies of psychological diagnoses, including depression and ADHD, and employing both cultural-psychological and sociological analyses, Diagnostic Cultures charts the development of contemporary diagnostic cultures and asks whether, in transforming existential, moral and political concerns into individual psychiat

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367596881
• ISBN13: 9780367596880
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"