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Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs: 0

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Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs: 0

*Winner of an honorable mention from theSociety for Social Work and ResearchforOutstanding Social Work Book Award

Mad Science argues that the fundamental claims of modern American psychiatry are based on misconceived, flawed, and distorted science. The authors address multiple paradoxes in American mental health research, including the remaking of coercion into scientific psychiatric treatment, the adoption of an unscientific diagnostic system that controls the distribution of services, and how drug treatments have failed to improve the mental health outcome.

When it comes to understanding and treating mental illness, distortions of research are not rare, misinterpretation of data is not isolated, and bogus claims of success are not voiced by isolated researchers seeking aggrandizement. This bookâ€™s detailed analysis of coercion and community treatment, diagnosis, and psychopharmacology reveals that these characteristics are endemic, institutional, and protected in psychiatry. They are not just bad science, but mad science.

This book provides an engaging and readable scientific and social critique of current mental health practices. The authors are scholars, researchers, and clinicians who have written extensively about community care, diagnosis, and psychoactive drugs. This paperback edition makes Mad Science accessible to all specialists in the field as well as to the informed public.

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9781412849319
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Transaction Publishers
Manufacturer	Transaction Publishers
NumberOfPages	358
PublicationDate	2013-04-12
Publisher	Transaction Publishers
ReleaseDate	2013-04-12
Studio	Transaction Publishers

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