Doing Psychiatry Wrong : A Critical and Prescriptive Look at a Faltering Profession


René J. Muller
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
Medvirkende
Utgitt
Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2007.
Omfang
1 online resource (149 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1 Seeing Through the Illusion of Biological Psychiatry; Chapter 2 How Biological Psychiatry Lost the Mind and Went Brain Dead; Chapter 3 The Brain Cannot Account for What We Think, Feel, and Do; Chapter 4 The Lost Art of Psychiatric Diagnosis; Chapter 5 A Blatant Misdiagnosis of Schizophrenia; Chapter 6 How Psychiatry Created an Epidemic of Misdiagnosed Bipolar Disorder; Chapter 7 Willing Psychotic Symptoms; Chapter 8 How Psychiatry Does Depression Wrong; Chapter 9 Saving Psychiatry From the Brain. - Chapter 10 Doing Psychiatry RightEpilog: A Man, Crippled by Anxiety, Who Was Previously Misdiagnosed With Bipolar Disorder: Therapy Leading to Structural Change; Notes; Index. - The prospect that the psychiatric profession has hurt rather than helped many of its patients is incredibly disheartening; however, wrong diagnoses and improper treatment are all too common errors within the field. Author René Muller presents a revealing look into how psychiatry has failed a great majority of patients, all the while recognizing the valiant efforts made by psychiatrists who maintain their integrity and serve their patients well. The result is an enlightening critique of the profession-one that pits criticism of psychiatry's current biological reduction and exaggerated
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9780881634693

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