What Is Mental Illness? / / Richard J. McNally.

• VerfasserIn: McNally, Richard J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1. An Epidemic of Madness? --; 2. Are We Pathologizing Everyday Life? --; 3. Can Evolutionary Psychology Make Sense of Mental Disorder? --; 4. Psychopathology as Adaptation? --; 5. Does Society Create (Some) Mental Disorders? --; 6. Is It in Our Genes? --; 7. Do Mental Disorders Differ by Kind or Degree? --; 8. So What Is Mental Illness Anyway? --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674059481
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674059481?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard J. McNally.

McNally drives at one point over and over again; survivors of trauma remember their abuse all too well. He argues that there is next to no evidence linking trauma to amnesia, even in cases of sexual abuse. He dismantles all the major studies, one by one, reinterpreting the results, questioning the assumptions, pointing out the lack of verification and dismissing the underpinning of trauma-amnesia theory.