{"product_id":"9783032063120","title":"The Politics of Mental Health and Illness: New Critical Perspectives","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Politics of Mental Health and Illness: New Critical Perspectives\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eCohen, Bruce M. Z.; Harbusch, Martin; Reichertz, Jo; Adams, Peter J.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis volume critically interrogates the dominant understanding of ‘addiction’ and ‘addicts’. It examines the proliferation of the addiction concept by psychiatry and other psy-professions, exploring the processes and underlying drivers of this form of medicalisation. Through discussions from leading scholars in the field on gambling, smoking, \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eopioids, \u003c\/span\u003eand drug use, as well as the passionate engagement with social media, sport, sex, pornography, opioids, and psychedelics, the collection argues that addiction is better understood as a sociological rather than psychiatric phenomenon. It contends that the discourse of addiction is fundamentally political in nature, rather than purely medical. In doing so, this timely collection fills a significant gap in academic knowledge. It will be of strong interest to scholars and students of mental health and addiction, as well as to critical practitioners working in these areas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-01-03\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032063120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-06313-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 356\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44406657187980,"sku":"9783032063120","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032063120_5c8fb0c7-55cb-4b00-a9a7-c7b614ef7411.jpg?v=1772944073","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032063120","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}