History of Psychology and Diagnosed Conditions

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“show[s] us the panoply of underpinnings (psychological, sociological, philosophical, and biological) that support this fear of the new, the different, and the ‘other.’”

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“Harrington has written a challenging book. The shortcomings of current ideas in the causes and treatments of mental disease are clearly documented.

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“Studies from the Holocaust have revealed how social death preceded physical death, tracing the creep of generalizations, exclusions and dehumanization of Jews that made mass murder possible.

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Imagine this. You and your wife have always enjoyed a loving and open relationship with your three daughters.

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Many readers might assume that a book with the title The Voices Within would be a text about auditory hallucinations, which are almost always seen as negative symptoms of a mental illness.

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“We don’t like mental illness. We have no time or desire to engage with it in others except as something to gawp at and to define ourselves against.”