{"product_id":"pathological-child-psychiatry-and-the-sami-timimi-9781583912157","title":"Pathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eCurrently, it is common practice among the child psychiatric establishment to prescribe powerful and potentially addictive drugs to children who have emotional or behavioural problems. \u003cem\u003ePathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e is a strong challenge to this way of thinking.\u003cbr\u003eSami Timimi uses a wide variety of sources that shape our understanding including his personal experiences to highlight the role of culture, beliefs, science, social hierarchy and power, in shaping our understanding of childhood problems and how to deal with them. He urges professionals who work with children to question their assumptions in a manner that will enable them to access a greater variety of potentially helpful therapeutic frameworks.\u003cbr\u003eSince the 1960s, psychiatry has had to learn to accommodate critical analysis of its beliefs and methods. The legitimacy of its core assumptions continues to be questioned. Now child psychiatry too must engage with such a debate, if it wishes to develop into a genuinely democratic and inclusive profession. \u003cem\u003ePathological Child Psychiatry and the Medicalization of Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e will be of great interest to professionals and trainees in psychiatry and child psychiatry, social work, family therapy and other psychotherapies for children and adolescents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sami Timimi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1583912150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781583912157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"Sami Timimi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659476644095,"sku":"9781583912157","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pathological-child-psychiatry-and-the-sami-timimi-9781583912157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}