Psychiatric hegemony: a Marxist theory of mental illness

Abstract

Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures and Tables; 1: Introduction: Thinking Critically About Mental Illness; Critical Scholarship on Mental Illness; Deconstructing the "Science" of Psychiatry; The Urgency for Marxist Theory; Summary; Bibliography; 2: Marxist Theory and Mental Illness: A Critique of Political Economy; Historical Materialism; Marxism, Medicine, and Mental Health; Industrialisation and the Mad Doctors; Biological Theory and Physical Treatments; The Drugs "Revolution"; Summary; Bibliography