Synopses & Reviews
At a time when mood-altering drugs have revolutionized the treatment of the mentally ill and HMO's are forcing caregivers to take the pharmocological route over the talking cure, Luhrmann places us at the heart of the matter and allows us to see exactly what is at stake. Based on extensive interviews with patients and doctors, as well as investigative fieldwork in residence programs, private psychiatric hospitals, and state hospitals, Luhrmanns groundbreaking book shows us how psychiatrists develop and how the enormous ambiguities in the field affect its practitioners and patients.
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"A more nuanced treatment of the moral and philosophical issues than any previous discussion." The New Yorker
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"Impressive...fascinating...impeccably lucid and fair-minded." Salon
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"[V]ividly portrays the fierce and often unnecessary wars between those representing the interests of the mind and the brain." Kay Redfield Jamison
Synopsis
T.M. Luhrman is a professor in the Committee on Human Thought at the University of Chicago, and the author of two previous books. She lives in Solana Beach, Califiornia.
Synopsis
With sharp and soulful insight, T. M. Luhrmann examines the world of psychiatry, a profession which today is facing some of its greatest challenges from within and without, as it continues to offer hope to many.
About the Author
T.M. Luhrman is a professor in the Committee on Human Thought at the University of Chicago, and the author of two previous books. She lives in Solana Beach, Califiornia.