Peddling Mental Disorder
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6306-7 (ISBN)
Drug companies have fostered the development of this system, pushing psychiatry to over-extend its domain so that more people can be diagnosed with mental disorders and treated with drugs.
This book describes the steady expansion of the DSM--both the manual itself and its application--and the resulting over-medication of society. The author discusses revisions and additions to the DSM (now in its fifth edition) that have only deepened the epidemics of major depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, social anxiety disorder, attention deficit disorder and bipolar disorder.
Lawrie Reznek is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto and has written a number of books on the philosophical foundations of psychiatry.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Fundamental Question
One • Snake Oil Psychiatry
Are Psychiatrists Quacks?
Peddling Mental Disorder
Disease Mongering
The Creation of Spurious Epidemics
Two • The Influence of Big Pharma
The Selling of Psychiatry
The Corruption of Data and the Suicide Scandal
Turning Psychiatrists into Quacks
Three • The Nature of Mental Disorder
Diseases Are Explanations
When Is a Mental Disorder Not a Disorder?
Four • The Creation of DSM-III
Unreliable Diagnoses
Abuse of Psychiatric Diagnosis
The Antipsychiatry Movement
Psychoanalysis Is Unscientific
The DSM-III Solution
Five • The Dangers of DSM-III
Medicalization and the Expandability of DSM
The Myth of Political Neutrality
The Sacrifice of Understanding
The Death of Clinical Judgment
Playing into the Hands of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Six • Ordinary Sadness versus Major Depression
A Short History of Melancholic Depression
The DSM-III Definition
Overdiagnosing Depression
The End of Sadness
Creating a Drug Dependent Society
The Creation of Subclinical Depressive Disorder
DSM-5 and the End of Grief
Seven • Shyness versus Social Anxiety Disorder
The Demise of Anxiety Neurosis
Branding a Condition
The Invention of Social Phobia
The Epidemic of Social Anxiety Disorder
DSM-5 Fans the Epidemic
The Marketing of Paxil
Eight • Boisterous Boys versus Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
A Terrible Synergy
From MBD to ADHD
The Manufacture of an Epidemic
DSM-5 Fuels the Epidemic
Pushing Drugs Onto Children
Adults Join the Market
An Alternative Picture
Nine • Female Woes versus Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
New Bottles for Old Wine
The Invention of Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Direct to Consumer Advertising
PMDD Comes of Age in DSM-5
Ten • Mood Swings versus Bipolar Disorder
A Very Brief History of Manic-Depression
DSM-III and the Bipolar Epidemic
Borderline Personality Disorder as Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder in Children
Big Pharma in the Ivory Tower
The DSM-5 Compromise
Forgetting the Context
Conclusion: The Future of Psychiatry
In a Nutshell
Recommendations
How to Climb Off the Tiger
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Zusatzinfo | notes, bibliography, index |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 376 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-6306-8 / 1476663068 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-6306-7 / 9781476663067 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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