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" Beyond the disease model of mental disorders / "
Donald J. Kiesler.
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BL
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1008248
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b762618
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| Main Entry
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Kiesler, Donald J.
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Beyond the disease model of mental disorders /\ Donald J. Kiesler.
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, ©2000.
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xv, 226 pages ;; 23 cm
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0275970981
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: 9780275970987
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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What causes mental disorders? The biomedical answer. Understanding mental disorders: definitions and causes -- The "American way" of understanding mental disorders: the biomedical model -- Dissatisfaction with the biomedical model within medicine and psychiatry -- What causes mental disorders? The scientific evidence. Scientific evidence invalidates the biomedical model: findings from behavioral genetics -- Scientific evidence invalidates the environmental model: findings from psychological research -- Scientific evidence: stressful environmental events affect the development and onset of mental disorders -- What causes mental disorders? The multicausal, biopsychosocial answer. Biopsychosocial risk and protective factors in mental disorders -- Toward valid understanding of mental disorders: multicausal, biopsychosocial theories -- Implications of multicausal theories for the science and disciplines of psychopathology -- Appendix. Multicausal (diathesis-stress and other biopsychosocial) theories of mental disorders.
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Mental illness-- Etiology.
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Mental illness-- Etiology.
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Mental Disorders-- etiology.
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616.89
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RC454.4.K52 2000
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