Doctoring the mind : why psychiatric treatments fail

By:

Bentall, Richard P

Publication details: London : Allen Lane, 2009.Description: xix, 364p.; 24 cmISBN:

9780141023694
9780713998894
071399889X

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WM 402.

Summary: Why is the Western world's treatment of mental illness so flawed? Who really benefits from psychiatry? And why would a patient in Nigeria have a much greater chance of recovery than one in the UK? In Doctoring the Mind, leading clinical psychologist Richard Bentall reveals the shocking truths behind the system of mental health care in the West. With a heavy dependence on pills and the profit they bring, psychiatry has been relying on myths and misunderstandings of madness for too long, and builds on methods which can often hinder rather than help the patient. Bentall argues passionately for a new future of mental health, one that considers the patient as an individual and redefines our understanding and treatment of madness for the twenty-first century.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Class number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Hirson Library (St Helier) Shelves		WM 400 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		005630
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	People & planet	WM 100 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		020794

Why is the Western world's treatment of mental illness so flawed? Who really benefits from psychiatry? And why would a patient in Nigeria have a much greater chance of recovery than one in the UK?

In Doctoring the Mind, leading clinical psychologist Richard Bentall reveals the shocking truths behind the system of mental health care in the West. With a heavy dependence on pills and the profit they bring, psychiatry has been relying on myths and misunderstandings of madness for too long, and builds on methods which can often hinder rather than help the patient.

Bentall argues passionately for a new future of mental health, one that considers the patient as an individual and redefines our understanding and treatment of madness for the twenty-first century.

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