Some implications for psychology of formulating all illness as deviancy

Formulating all illness as deviancy can be offered as a basis for reconciling the psychological characteristics of physical and mental illness. This paper considers the epistemological background to this reconciliation and discusses some of the theoretical, practical and methodological implications for clinical psychology. Particular attention is given to the role of values in psychological activity and the need to recognize the central legitimacy of subjectivity in research and applied psychology.