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9780192807274
Explaining what psychiatry is and what it does, this work looks at the major mental illnesses and how they are treated. It outlines a brief history of the subject, focusing on the controversies that have inevitably surrounded it - from political abuse to the very existence or otherwise of both mental illness and 'normality'.Burns, Tom is the author of 'Psychiatry A Very Short Introduction', published 2006 under ISBN 9780192807274 and ISBN 0192807277.
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