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Mira Marcinów

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‘Psychologisation’ of Madness: The Problem of Possession

April 8, 2012 Mira Marcinów

In this chapter I aim to present other than only a historical distinction criteria of the psychological characteristics of madness. Michel Foucault was the first person who tried to define this problem in his book Mental Illness and Psychology (1954/2000). Between the two well known processes: ‘medicalization’ and ‘romanization’ of madness we have got one of the most influential approaches...