Doctoring the Mind

Richard P. Bentall

• 26 juni 2009
• 9780713998894

Samenvatting:

This is a book set to redefine our understanding of the treatment of madness in the twenty-first century


Starting with surprising evidence from the World Health Organization that suggests people recover better from mental illness in a developing country than in the first world, The Trouble with Psychiatry asks the question: how good are our mental health services, really? In this taut and finely argued book, Richard Bentall picks apart the science that underlies much current psychiatric practice across the U.S. and U.K.