Can I read Mad Science : Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs on EtoBox?

Mad Science : Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs by Stuart A. Kirk, Tomi Gomory, David Cohen, Stuart A. Kirk is a health book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mad Science : Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs about?

•Winner of an honorable mention from theSociety for Social Work and ResearchforOutstanding Social Work Book AwardMad 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 book'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 reads Mad Science : Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs?

Author

Stuart A. Kirk, Tomi Gomory, David Cohen, Stuart A. Kirk

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780203786765

Category

health

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Science

Rating

4.1 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14