Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-Of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, Dsm-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life
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Book Overview International Bestseller - "An extraordinarily important book." --Marcia Angell, Harvard Medical SchoolA deeply fascinating and urgently ...
International Bestseller - "An extraordinarily important book." --Marcia Angell, Harvard Medical School
A deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of ordinary life, by "one of the world's most prominent psychiatrists" (The Atlantic)
Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than "worried well" are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment. In Saving Normal, Allen Frances, one of the world's most influential psychiatrists, explains why stigmatizing a healthy person as mentally ill leads to unnecessary, harmful medications, the narrowing of horizons, the misallocation of medical resources, and the draining of the budgets of families and the nation. We also shift responsibility for our mental well-being away from our own naturally resilient brains and into the hands of "Big Pharma," who are reaping multi-billion-dollar profits. Frances cautions that the newest edition of the "bible of psychiatry," the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5), is turning our current diagnostic inflation into hyperinflation by converting millions of "normal" people into "mental patients." Saving Normal is a call to all of us to reclaim the full measure of our humanity and a vital book for anyone interested in the future of psychology and psychiatry.
In this essential psychology book, Dr. Frances reveals:
- The Problem with Psychiatric Diagnosis: How the "bible of psychiatry," the DSM, has created a massive diagnostic inflation that turns millions of normal people into mental patients.
- The Influence of Big Pharma: An insider's look at how the pharmaceutical industry reaps multi-billion-dollar profits by promoting unnecessary treatment and harmful medications.
- The Medicalization of Normality: Why common human experiences like grief, worry, and even the forgetting that comes with aging are being mislabeled as mental illness.
- A Revolt Against DSM-5: The urgent call to action from the psychiatrist who chaired the DSM-IV task force to fight back against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 352 | Language: English | Publisher: WILLIAM MORROW | ISBN: 0062229265
FormatPaperback
Pages352
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0062229265
EAN9780062229267
PublisherWILLIAM MORROW
Publication Date1970-01-01
EditionIllustrated
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.59 Pounds
Length8.22 Inches
Width5.35 Inches
Height0.86 Inches
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