Psychiatry under the influence : institutional corruption, social injury and prescriptions for reform

Psychiatry under the influence : institutional corruption, social injury and prescriptions for reform / Robert Whitaker and Lisa Cosgrove.

Author/creator	Whitaker, Robert author.
Other author/creator	Cosgrove, Lisa, author.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]
Description	xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	American Psychiatric Association--Corrupt practices. Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices. Psychiatry--United States --History. Psychiatry--Moral and ethical aspects.

Contents	A case study of institutional corruption -- Psychiatry adopts a disease model -- Economies of influence -- The etiology of mental illness is now known -- Psychiatry's new drugs -- Expanding the market -- Protecting the market -- The end product : clinical practice guidelines -- A society harmed -- Putting psychiatry on the couch -- Prescriptions for reform.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2014043052
ISBN	9781137506924 (paperpack)
ISBN	113750692X (paperpack)
ISBN	9781137506948 (hardcover)
ISBN	1137506946 (hardcover)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	RC454.4 .W44 2015	✔ Available	Place Hold