Ebook: Hippocrates cried : the decline of American psychiatry
Author: Taylor Michael Alan
- Tags: Psychiatry -- United States -- History. Neurosciences -- United States -- History. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. MEDICAL -- Mental Health. MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General. PSYCHOLOGY -- Clinical Psychology. PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness. PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- General. Neurosciences. Psych
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: New York, United States
- Language: English
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Hippocrates Cried offers an eye-witness account of the decline of American psychiatry by an experienced psychiatrist and researcher. Arguing that patients with mental disorders are no longer receiving the care they need, Dr. Taylor suggest that modern psychiatrists in the U.S. rely too heavily on the DSM, a diagnostic tool that fails to properly diagnose many cases of mental disorder and often neglects important Read more...
Abstract: Hippocrates Cried offers an eye-witness account of the decline of American psychiatry by an experienced psychiatrist and researcher. Arguing that patients with mental disorders are no longer receiving the care they need, Dr. Taylor suggest that modern psychiatrists in the U.S. rely too heavily on the DSM, a diagnostic tool that fails to properly diagnose many cases of mental disorder and often neglects important conditions or symptoms. American psychiatry has come to reflect simplistic algorithms forged by pharmaceutical companies, rather than true scientific methodology. Few professionals hav