Bartlett, Steven J.

Normality does not equal mental health the need to look elsewhere for standards of good psychological health Steven James Bartlett. - Santa Barbara, Calif. Praeger c2011. - xxi, 307 p. 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Questioning the standard of normality : steps to a more effective understanding of mental health -- The psychology of definition in psychiatric nosology -- The abnormal psychology of creativity and the pathology of normality -- Acedia : when work and money are the exclusive values -- Barbarians at the door : a psychological and historical profile of today's college students -- Psychology, culture, and the demoralization of university faculty -- The psychology of abuse in publishing : peer review and editorial bias -- The psychology of mediocrity : internal limitations that block human development -- Normality, pathology, and mental health -- The reflexive turn in psychology.

9780313399312 (hard copy : alk. paper) 031339931X (hard copy : alk. paper)

2011015147


Mental health
Creative ability
Psychology, Pathological

RA790.5 / .B345 2011

362.2 / B2892n