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Parker, I., Georgaca, E., Harper, D., McLaughlin, T. & Stowell-Smith, M. (1995). Alternatives to abnormality. In Deconstructing psychopathology (pp. 18-36). London: SAGE Publications Ltd doi: 10.4135/9781446221563.n2

Parker, Ian, Eugenie Georgaca, David Harper, Terence McLaughlin and Mark Stowell-Smith. "Alternatives to Abnormality." In Deconstructing Psychopathology, 18-36. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1995. doi: 10.4135/9781446221563.n2.

Parker, I, Georgaca, E, Harper, D, McLaughlin, T & Stowell-Smith, M 1995, 'Alternatives to abnormality', in Deconstructing psychopathology, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, pp. 18-36, viewed 16 December 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781446221563.n2.

Parker, Ian, et al. "Alternatives to Abnormality." Deconstructing Psychopathology. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1995. 18-36. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 16 Dec. 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781446221563.n2.

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Alternatives to Abnormality
Alternatives to abnormality

In this chapter we review some of the alternative ways of looking at psychopathology that have developed alongside mainstream psychiatry. Psychoanalytic, anti-psychiatry, family therapy and cognitive approaches each provide spaces of resistance and form curious alliances with psychiatric models, and we review some of the advantages and disadvantages of these in the course of the chapter.

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