02493cam a22004334a 4500 16465730 BD-DhUL 20160602163854.0 100917s2011 enka b 001 0 eng 2010039020 9780415576260 9780203828717 (DNLM)101541221 DNLM/DLC DLC BD-DhUL pcc RA790.5 .H69 2011 WM 30 362.2 22 HOM Howell, Alison. 1976- Madness in international relations : psychology, security, and the global governance of mental health / Alison Howell. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011. xiv, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. US$ 118.80 Interventions Includes bibliographical references and index. "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 key case studies Howell illustrates how such therapeutic interventions can at times be coercive and sovereign, at other times disciplinary, and at still other times benevolent, though not benign. In each case a diagnostic competition is traced, that is, a contestation over how best to diagnose and treat the population in question. The book examines the populations of Guantanamo Bay, post-conflict societies and western militaries, identifying how these diagnostic competitions ultimately rest on shared assumptions about the value of psychology and psychiatry in managing global security, about the value of achieving security through mental health governance, and ultimately about the medicalization of security.This work will be of great interest to all scholars of International relations, critical theory and security studies"--Provided by publisher. Mental health policy. National security. Mental health services. Psychiatry Political aspects. Mental Health Services organization & administration. Internationality. Mental Disorders. Politics. World Health. Interventions (Routledge (Firm)) 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 75742 75742 0 0 ddc 0 362_200000000000000_HOM 0 NFIC 128441 DUL DUL GEN 2012-11-21 Purchased 362.2 HOM 476497 2016-06-02 2016-06-02 BK