Madness in international relations psychology, security, and the global governance of mental health
"Madness in International Relations provides an important and innovative account of the role of psychology and psychiatry in global politics, showing how mental health governance has become a means of securing various populations, often with questionable effects.Through the analysis of three ke...
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Abingdon, UK
Routledge
2011
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Table of 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.