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Madness in international relations: psychology, security, and the global governance of mental health/ Alison Howell.

By: Howell, AlisonMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Interventions (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011Description: xiv, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780415576260 (hbk.)Subject(s): Mental health policy | National security | Mental health services | Psychiatry -- Political aspects | Mental Health Services -- organization & administration | Internationality | Mental Disorders | Politics | World HealthDDC classification: 362.19689

Contents:

Madness in international relations: an introduction -- Security, order, control: from anti-politics to ethico-politics -- Approaching madness: the psy disciplines in critical perspective -- Victims or madmen?: suicide and the diagnostic competition over detainees at Guantánamo Bay -- The diagnostic competition over post-conflict populations: merging the psychosocial and mental health models -- Ordering soldiers: contesting therapeutic practices in the Canadian military -- Conclusion: the global politics of governing mental health.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	362.19689 HOW/M (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P22997

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