{"product_id":"toxic-interactions-and-the-social-hugh-middleton-9780367180133","title":"Toxic Interactions and the Social Geography of Psychosis: Reflections on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eToxic Interactions \u003c\/i\u003eis a review of quantitative research revealing how urban living, trauma, ethnicity, stress and familial influence the risk of troubling psychotic experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these is reviewed in search of their social implications, and a constructivist approach identifies their common threads. The contributions of newer psychotherapeutic approaches such as Open Dialogue and Recovery programmes are considered, and a consistent interpretation emerges; that is not the observable features of disturbed mental state that deserve key attention, but how these are generally understood by others, and in particular the 'client's' close associates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eToxic Interactions and the Social Geography of Psychosis \u003c\/i\u003ewill be welcomed by all who find conventional approaches to mental health difficulties unsatisfactory, whether that is as a practitioner frustrated by the counter-productive expectations of their institutional setting, an academic exploring different perspectives a 'service user' disappointed by not experiencing the care they feel is needed, or as third party perplexed by the contradictions of contemporary psychiatry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugh Middleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367180138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367180133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d","brand":"Hugh Middleton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795454546175,"sku":"9780367180133","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ba1da11-b56c-4b3c-83a9-0f2ccd1e9408.jpg?v=1744947658","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toxic-interactions-and-the-social-hugh-middleton-9780367180133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}