Psychiatry and the business of madness : an ethical and epistemological accounting

Author(s)

• Burstow, Bonnie

Bibliographic Information

Psychiatry and the business of madness : an ethical and epistemological accounting

Bonnie Burstow

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Based on extensive research, this book is a fundamental critique of psychiatry that examines the foundations of psychiatry, refutes its basic tenets, and traces the workings of the industry through medical research and in-depth interviews.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Study: Unveiling the Problematic 2. The Evolution of "Madness": A Journey "through Time" 3. Modernity (1890-2014): A Journey through Time, Part Two 4. Probing the Boss Text: The DSM-What? Whither? How? Which? 5. The Beast/In the Belly of the Beast: Pinioned by Paper 6. The Psychiatric Team 7. Marching to "Pharmageddon": Psychopharmacy Unmasked 8. Electroshock-Not a Healing Option 9. Dusting Ourselves Off and Starting Anew

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Details

• NCID: BB1969771X
• ISBN:
  • 9781137503848
• LCCN: 2014039336
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 302 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC455.2.E8
  • NLM : WM 21
  • DC23 : 174.2/9689
• Subject Headings:
  • MESH : Psychiatry -- ethics
  • MESH : Psychopharmacology -- ethics
  • MESH : Psychiatry -- history