{"product_id":"9781529924923-searching-for-normal","title":"Searching for Normal","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA New Approach to Understanding Mental Health, Distress and Neurodiversity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A welcome antidote to the dangerous cult of overdiagnosis and the commodification of normal distress' PHILIPPA PERRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can we reconsider the way in which we think about, treat and care for those in distress?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore and more people are being diagnosed with ADHD and autism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore and more people are being diagnosed with mental disorders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoung people are being medicalised for behaviours that might be explained as entirely normal in other parts of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDistress has been commodified over many decades by pharmaceutical companies, the media and the psychiatric establishment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo how can we know when distress is normal and when it is something that needs to be treated?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSearching for Normal\u003c\/i\u003e, Sami Timimi explores the political and cultural context of these phenomena and presents a deeply humane approach that looks at the person as a whole – their family context, their culture, their personal resilience – and advocates for a reframing of how we think about and treat distress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55893347434870,"sku":"9781529924923","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_35900815_be4cc9c4-b858-4377-901c-a1eed5907ac7.jpg?v=1756932142","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529924923-searching-for-normal","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}