Origins of Mental Illness: Temperament, Deviance and Disorder

by Gordon Claridge

Book Overview

What determines the form of mental illness from which particular people suffer? Professor Claridge's central theme is that "psychiatric" disorders--even in their most severe forms--are abnormal manifestations of temperamental and personality characteristics we all possess to a greater or lesser degree. Examining the major forms of abnormality from this point of view, the author puts particular emphasis on the continuity between schizophrenia and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883536014
• ISBN13: 9781883536015
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Malor Books
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.4"