Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services

• Main Author: Hunter, Noël (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Critical psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Psychiatry.; Health administration.; Popular Science in Psychology.; Critical Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Health Administration.

How do survivors of child abuse, bullying, chronic oppression and discrimination, and other developmental traumas adapt to such unimaginable situations? It is taken for granted that experiences such as hearing voices, altered states of consciousness, dissociative states, lack of trust, and intense e...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Containing Multitudes
• 2. A History of Dissociation and Madness
• 3. The Politics of Madness
• 4. The Illness Inquisition
• 5. Suffering is Human
• 6. The Body and Mind in Context: The Role of Trauma and Adversity
• 7. Finding Help
• 8. A Plea for Change
• 9. Recommendations for Moving Beyond the System
• 10. Resources and Helpful Tips.