Normality Does Not Equal Mental Health - 9780313399312

Steven Bartlett

Normality Does Not Equal Mental HealthThe Need to Look Elsewhere for Standards of Good Psychological Health\nAuthor(s): Steven James Bartlett\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Praeger Publishers Inc\nISBN-13: 9780313399312, 978-0313399312\nSynopsis\nHow do you define good mental health? This controversial, counterintuitive, and altogether fascinating book argues that \""psychological normality\"" is neither a desirable nor an acceptable standard.\nNormality Does Not Equal Mental Health: The Need to Look Elsewhere for Standards of Good Psychological Health is a groundbreaking work, the first book-length study to question the equation of psychological normality and mental health. Its author, Dr. Steven James Bartlett, musters compelling evidence and careful analysis to challenge the paradigm accepted by mental health theorists and practitioners, a paradigm that is not only wrong, but can be damaging to those to whom it is appliedand to socie.