Psychopathology at school provides a timely response to concerns about the rising numbers of children whose behaviour is recognised and understood as a medicalised condition rather than simply as poor behaviour caused by other factors it is the first scholarly analysis of psychopathology which draws on the philosophers foucault deleuze guattari and arendt to examine the processes whereby childrens behaviour is pathologised. Psychopathology at school is a must read for anyone concerned about the growing influence of psychopathology in education and will be of particular interest to educated readers and to scholars . 2015 psychopathology at school theorizing mental disorders in school british journal of sociology of education vol 36 no 5 pp 785 797. The book examines the extent of the influence of psychopathology on the lives of children and young people as well as the practices that infiltrate education and the possibilities for alternative educational responses that negate the diagnosis of mental disorder psychopathology at school is a must read for anyone concerned about the growing influence of psychopathology in education and will be of particular interest to educated readers and to scholars students and professionals in . Psychopathology at school is a must read for anyone concerned about the growing influence of psychopathology in education and will be of particular interest to educated readers and to scholars students and professionals in education psychiatry psychology child studies youth studies nursing social work and sociology