Many published books that comment on the medical model have been written by doctors, who assume that readers have the same knowledge of medicine, or by those wh

The Medical Model in Mental Health: An Explanation and Evaluation explains the medical model and how it applies in mental health, and defends psychiatry as a me

Mental Health and Well-Being provides a sound foundation for understanding alternatives to the medical model of mental health. Students and professionals alike

This book is a challenge to the enduring status and domination of bio-medical approaches in mental health services. Contributors from four continents argue that

This key text book presents a critical overview of the main theoretical perspectives relevant to mental health practice and argues that no one theory provides a