Psychology's ghosts:the crisis in the profession and the way back
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Yale University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New Haven |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxiv, 392 p.: ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780300178685 (clothbound : alk. paper) 0300178689 (clothbound : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | B846 |
CLC: | B846 |
Call Number: | B846/K118 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Missing contexts -- Happiness ascendant -- Who is mentally ill? -- Helping the mentally ill -- Promising reforms. Examining popular practices and assumptions held by many psychologists, identifies the four problems with contemporary psychology and discusses solutions that point the way to a better understanding of the mind and mental illness. |