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Theater of Disorder

By Brant Wenegrat

Theater of Disorder Medicine

Theater of Disorder

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There are certain phenomena, such as hypnosis, hysteria, multiple personality disorder, recovered memory syndrome, claims of satanic ritual abuse, alien abduction syndrome, and culture-specific disorders that, although common, are difficult to explain completely. The purpose of this volume is to apply a model of social relations to these phenomena in order to provide a different explanation for them. Wenegrat argues that they are socially-constructed illness roles or purposive behavior patterns into which patients fall while receiving either unintentional or intentional cues during interactions with caretakers and authority figures. The application of the social-relations model raises some important, yet previously overlooked, questions about these phenomena, illustrates some important aspects of human nature and consciousness, places illness behaviors in their larger, cultural context, and shows the way to a new and different view of mental life.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2001-10-04
Publication Date:
2001-09-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195140877
ISBN13:
9780195140873
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
622 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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