Doctoring the mind : is our current treatment of mental illness really any good? / Richard P. Bentall.

Author/creator Bentall, Richard P.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxix, 363 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Mental illness.
Mental illness--Treatment. --Evaluation.

Contents I. An illusion of progress. A smashing success? -- The appliance of science: the emergence of psychiatry as a medical discipline -- Therapeutic innovation at the end of the asylum era -- Dissent and resolution: the triumph of biological psychiatry -- II. Three myths about mental illness. People or plants?: the myth that psychiatric diagnoses are meaningful -- The fundamental error of psychiatry: the myth that psychiatric disorders are genetic diseases -- Brains, minds and psychosis: the myth that mental illnesses are brain diseases -- III. Medicine for madness. Science, profit and politics in the conduct of clinical trials -- Less is probably better: the benefits and costs of antipsychotics -- The virtue of kindness: is psychotherapy effective for severe mental illness? -- What kind of psychiatry do you want?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-349) and index.
LCCN 2009014687
ISBN9780814791486 (cl : alk. paper)
ISBN0814791484 (cl : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks RC454 .B452 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold