How do you define good mental health? This controversial, counterintuitive, and altogether fascinating book argues that "psychological normality" is neither a desirable nor an acceptable standard.
• Multiple descriptive examples of ways in which the equation of psychological normality with good mental health leads us astray
• An account of the principal contributors who have urged that psychological normality is not a desirable or justifiable standard of good mental health
• A historical account of the main psychological factors that have led to our current failing model and practice of higher education