Psychiatry and Its Discontents by Andrew Scull (English) Paperback Book

Description: Psychiatry and Its Discontents by Andrew Scull Written by one of the worlds most distinguished historians of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Its Discontents provides a wide-ranging and critical perspective on the profession that dominates the treatment of mental illness. Andrew Scull traces the rise of the field, the midcentury hegemony of psychoanalytic methods, and the paradigms decline with the ascendance of biological and pharmaceutical approaches to mental illness. The books historical sweep is broad, ranging from the age of the asylum to the rise of psychopharmacology and the dubious triumphs of "community care." The essays in Psychiatry and Its Discontents provide a vivid and compelling portrait of the recurring crises of legitimacy experienced by "mad-doctors," as psychiatrists were once called, and illustrates the impact of psychiatrys ideas and interventions on the lives of those afflicted with mental illness. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Flap "An enthralling collection that will shock many, enrage some, and entertain all."--Simon Rich, author of Hits and Misses "A must-read for those interested in learning about the fraught history of psychiatry."--Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire "Andrew Sculls deep historical knowledge of the interlocking fields of neurology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and psychology give him unparalleled insight into mental health. Psychiatry and Its Discontents should be read by historians, social scientists, practitioners, and patients alike."--Lisa Appignanesi, author of Everyday Madness and Mad, Bad, and Sad "The definitive account of the treatment of mental illness from its beginnings to the present day. An outstanding accomplishment."--Patrick McGrath, author of Spider, Asylum, and Trauma "Scull is a master of the complex space where history, sociology, social policy, and ethics meet. An indispensable book for anyone concerned with history and health policy."--Charles E. Rosenberg, author of Our Present Complaint "A bracing and important contribution to the history of psychiatry. I may disagree with several of its conclusions and the things Scull chooses to emphasize, but the book is meant to be provocative. It engages the reader in thinking about the controversies that attend the study and treatment of mental illness."--Kay Redfield Jamison, author of Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire Author Biography Andrew Scull is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He is past president of the Society for the Social History of Medicine and the author of numerous books, including Madness in Civilization, Hysteria, and others. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Travails of Psychiatry PART 1. The Asylum and Its Discontents 2. The Fictions of Foucaults Scholarship: Madness and Civilization Revisited 3. The Asylum, the Hospital, and the Clinic 4. A Culture of Complaint: Psychiatry and Its Critics 5. Promises of Miracles: Religion as Science, and Science as Religion PART 2. Whither Twentieth-Century Psychiatry? 6. Burying Freud 7. Psychobiology, Psychiatry, and Psychoanalysis: The Intersecting Careers of Adolf Meyer, Phyllis Greenacre, and Curt Richter 8. Mangling Memories 9. Creating a New Psychiatry: On the Rockefeller Foundation and the Rise of Academic Psychiatry PART 3. Transformations and Interpretations 10. Shrinks: Doctor Pangloss 11. The Hunting of the Snark: The Search for a History of Neuropsychiatry 12. Contending Professions: Sciences of Brain and Mind in the United States, 1900–2013 PART 4. Neuroscience and the Biological Turn 13. Trauma 14. Empathy: Reading Other Peoples Minds 15. Mind, Brain, Law, and Culture 16. Left Brain, Right Brain, One Brain, Two Brains 17. Delusions of Progress: Psychiatrys Diagnostic Manual Notes Index Review "From the Victorian asylum era and the rise and fall of psychoanalysis to the arrival of psychopharmacology and neuroscience, Scull chronicles the medicalization of mental illness with balance and scepticism. He is trenchant on psychiatrys failures, from prefrontal lobotomy to care in the community; critical of neuro-reductionism; eloquent on diagnosis debates; and ever aware of the human suffering at his chronicles core." * Nature *"As a collection of previously published material gathered from diverse sources, this book suffers from a certain amount of repetition; however the author has done a service in bringing it together, the writing is lively, the scandals attached to its principal actors are dutifully weighed and the scholarship is impressive." * Times Literary Supplement *"A lucid mixture of biography, bibliography, and historiography – a personal narrative of the shifting terrain of madness scholarship over five decades." * Medical Health News *"Sculls encyclopedic knowledge of American (and British) psychiatry has something to teach any reader." * Social Service Review *"[Sculls] writing combines the structural curiosity of the sociologist with the historians quizzical eye and interest in causation. Sculls significant corpus in the history of madness ranges from the rise of the asylum and psychiatrys slow, fitful emergence under its eaves to a magisterial study of madness in world civilisations. It provides necessary ballast for the volumes freewheeling adventurism." * Australian Book Review * Review Quote "From the Victorian asylum era and the rise and fall of psychoanalysis to the arrival of psychopharmacology and neuroscience, Scull chronicles the medicalization of mental illness with balance and scepticism. He is trenchant on psychiatrys failures, from prefrontal lobotomy to care in the community; critical of neuro-reductionism; eloquent on diagnosis debates; and ever aware of the human suffering at his chronicles core." Details ISBN0520383133 Author Andrew Scull Pages 376 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0520383133 ISBN-13 9780520383135 Format Paperback DEWEY 616.89 Imprint University of California Press Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2021-06-08 US Release Date 2021-06-08 Publication Date 2021-06-08 UK Release Date 2021-06-08 Illustrations 10 b-w figures Publisher University of California Press Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2021-06-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132846080;

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