Madness Cracked

Abstract

Madness Cracked offers a thoughtful introduction to the history of psychiatry and clinical psychology and how these areas attempt to classify the various problems and disorders that their practitioners face in everyday use. The book provides a readable overview using minimum jargon in its summary of the different classification systems that have been developed in recent times but offers the criticism that these systems are based on consensus being reached by teams of experts. The book argues that like in other areas of science, progress will only be made if the classification systems have a sound theoretical basis and examples are given about how current knowledge In psychology can be developed to provide such a theoretical basis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)