Madness explained :

Bentall, Richard P.

Madness explained : psychosis and human nature / Richard Bentall ; with a foreword by Aaron T. Beck. - London : Penguin, 2004. - xvi, 640 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text shatters the myths that surround madness. It shows that there is no reassuring dividing line between mental health and mental illness. Severe mental disorders can not be reduced to brain chemistry, but must be understood psychologically, as part of normal behaviour and human nature.

Specialized.

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Mental illness.
Psychology, Pathological.