What is mental illness? / Richard J. McNally.

Author/creator McNally, Richard J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Description277 p. ; 22 cm.
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Subjects
Mental illness.
Mental illness--United States.

Contents An epidemic of madness? -- Are we pathologizing everyday life? -- Can evolutionary psychology make sense of mental disorder? -- Psychopathology as adaptation? -- Does society create (some) mental disorders? -- Is it in our genes? -- Do mental disorders differ by kind or degree? -- So what is mental illness anyway?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-263) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010035456
ISBN9780674046498 (alk. paper)