Psychiatry and the Business of Madness

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.

Burstow goes a step beyond other critics of psychiatry, calling for nothing less than the dismantling of the field as it is currently practiced Unique methodology of institutional ethnography provides more comprehensive critique of psychiatry than other similar titles This is the rigorously researched but accessible book that highly mobilized scholar-activist networks have been waiting for A vaulable addition to broader cultural conversation about the failures of mental health systems

Autorentext
Bonnie Burstow is Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is a philosopher, feminist therapist, and an antipsychiatry activist. Her other works include Radical Feminist Therapy (1992), Psychiatry Disrupted (2014), Toward a Radical Understanding of Trauma and Trauma Work (2003), and A Rose by Any Other Name: Naming and the Battle against Psychiatry (2013).

Inhalt

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 DSMWhat? 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. ElectroshockNot a Healing Option 9. Dusting Ourselves Off and Starting Anew