{"product_id":"the-medical-model-in-mental-ahmed-samei-huda-9780198807254","title":"The Medical Model in Mental Health: An Explanation and Evaluation","description":"Many published books that comment on the medical model have been written by doctors, who assume that readers have the same knowledge of medicine, or by those who have attempted to discredit and attack the medical practice. Both types of book have tended to present diagnostic categories in medicine as universally scientifically valid examples of clear-cut diseases easily distinguished from each other and from health; with a fixed prognosis; and with a well-understood aetiology leading to disease-reversing treatments. These are contrasted with psychiatric diagnoses and treatments, which are described as unclear and inadequate in comparison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Medical Model in Mental Health: An Explanation and Evaluation\u003c\/em\u003e explores the overlap between the usefulness of diagnostic constructs (which enable prognosis and treatment decisions) and the therapeutic effectiveness of psychiatry compared with general medicine. The book explains the medical model and how it applies in mental health, assuming little knowledge or experience of medicine, and defends psychiatry as a medical practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ahmed Samei Huda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198807252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198807254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Ahmed Samei Huda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43914244227327,"sku":"9780198807254","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0c225977-fa95-406a-aae6-0f9d91394645.jpg?v=1680641177","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-medical-model-in-mental-ahmed-samei-huda-9780198807254","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}