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.