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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786739703321

Autore

Taylor Michael Alan <1940->

Titolo

Hippocrates cried [[electronic resource] ] : the decline of American psychiatry / / Michael Alan Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2013

ISBN

0-19-997824-7

0-19-994807-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Neurosciences - United States - History

Psychiatry - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Hippocrates; The Hippocratic Oaths; Patient Stories; Acknowledgments; 1. The Origins of Indignation; 2. First Do No Harm; 3. Free of Injustice and Mischief; 4. For the Benefit of the Sick; 5. Peeves; 6. Extinction of U.S. Psychiatry as We Know It: Survival of the Fit; 7. Back to the Future: The Once and Future King; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Sommario/riassunto

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