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by Steven James Bartlett

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How 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.

Normality 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 applied--and to society as a whole.

In this bold, multidisciplinary work, Bartlett critiques the presumed standard of normality that permeates contemporary consciousness. Showing that the current concept of mental illness is fundamentally unacceptable because it is scientifically unfounded and the result of flawed thinking, he argues that adherence to the gold standard of psychological normality leads to nothing less than cultural impoverishment.

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  • Title Normality Does Not Equal Mental Health: The Need to Look Elsewhere for Standards of Good Psychological Health
  • Author Steven James Bartlett
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Praeger
  • Publication date 2011-09-12
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
  • ISBN 9780313399312 / 031339931X
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 in (23.62 x 15.75 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Psychological
  • Category Psychology
  • Library of Congress subjects Mental health, Psychology, Pathological
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011015147
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.2

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About the author

Steven James Bartlett, PhD, is visiting scholar in psychology at Willamette University, Salem, OR; is senior research professor at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and has published 14 books and monographs and numerous papers in the fields of psychology and epistemology.
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