ISBN 978 1 906254 66 7 (2014)
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Psychiatric diagnosis has become one of the most contested practices in mental health services today. Lucy Johnstone asks 'Do you still need your psychiatric diagnosis?' This book will help you to decide. A…
£8.50
ISBN 1471 7646. No longer available for new subscriptions
We are no longer selling subscriptions to JCPCP. The last issue 19(4) will come out in December this year.
The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy (JCPCP) has something important to say about the dominant myths of psychiatry and…
ISBN 978 1 898059 71 4 (2005)
The central argument of this book is that human conduct, and in particular psychological and emotional distress, cannot be understood by an analysis of individual will, intention or cognition. Conventional therapeutic psychology suggests that we are essentially…
£11.00
ISBN 9781910919484 - Available 3rd Oct, 2019
What gets in the way of our understanding other people?
So asks psychologist Brian Levitt in this challenging and deeply reflective book. Levitt writes with honesty and humility about the profession in which he has worked for 25 years and the people he has worked…
£15.00
ISBN 9781910919460 - Out now
In October 2016 Jo Watson hosted the very first ‘A Disorder for Everyone!’ event in Birmingham, with psychologist Dr Lucy Johnstone, to explore (and explode) the culture of psychiatric diagnosis in mental health. To provide a space to continue the debate after the…
£18.00
ISBN 9781910919439
This provocative collection of essays presents a powerful critique of contemporary discourse that portrays work – paid employment – as a moral imperative, essential for our health and well-being.
The contributors describe the mental health impact of modern-day…
£17.00
ISBN 9781910919408
The argument that propels this emphatic book is that mental health nursing cannot continue to pin the blame for its own actions and failings on the psychiatric hierarchy. As the editors point out, mental health nursing is a degree-level qualification; it has achieved…
£21.00
ISBN 978 1 910919 23 1 (2016)
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ISBN 978 1 906254 17 9 (2009)
A pocket sized, good value series of succinct, thought provoking introductions ideal for students in all mental health disciplines, psychiatric service users, carers and indeed everyone with an interest in mental health. The authors are acknowledged leaders in their…
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ISBN 978 1 906254 75 9
Tales from the Madhouse by Gary Sidley provides critiques of psychiatric practice that are powerfully backed up by moving, and at times disturbing, stories taken from his long years of practice as a mental health professional. Sidley strongly suggests that current…
£16.00