TY - BOOK AU - Busfield, Joan TI - Mental illness SN - 9780745649061 U1 - 362.2 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge PB - Polity Press KW - Mental illness KW - Psychiatry N2 - Mental illness is a highly controversial and contested field, informed by the ideas and research of academics and practitioners working in psychiatry, psychology, pharmacology, sociology, genetics and the neurosciences. This book brings clarity to a complex field, exploring core issues ranging from debates about the way the concept has been developed, transformed and expanded over time, to controversies over its causes. (http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745649054) ER -