Grifting Depression; Psychiatry's Failure as a Medical Science

ISBN-13: 9781433192838 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 288 str.

Allan M. Leventhal; Sharaine Ely

Opis

Whereas the diagnosis, explanation, and treatment of physical illness are scientifically sound, this is not true of psychiatric care of mental disorder. Depression, the #1 psychiatric diagnosis, illustrates this failure and it is the subject of this book.

Recenzje

"In Grifting Depression, clinical psychologist Dr. Allan Leventhal has written an exceptionally clear and persuasive critique of the use of antidepressant drugs to treat depression, as well as a cogent exploration of psychological alternatives." -Irving Kirsch, Aauthor of The Emperor's New Drugs and Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies, Harvard Medical School

Spis treści

Acknowledgments - Foreword - Introduction - Sadness and Depression - The Medicalizing of Psychiatry - The DSM III Data: Truth vs. Truthiness - Psychiatry's Brain Disease Theory - Measuring Antidepressant Effectiveness: STAR*D - Drug Effects and Placebo Effects - Antidepressant Drug Safety - Conflict of Interest - Big Pharma and the FDA - Behavioral Science - Mental Disorder as Learned Behavior - Behavior Therapy for Depression - Notes - Index.

O autorze

Dr. Allan M. Leventhal is a retired diplomate in clinical psychology. He is Professor Emeritus at American University, where he also served as Director of the American University Counseling Center. His forty-five-year career as a clinical psychologist included being a founding member of the Washington Psychological Center, which is an outpatient treatment facility in Washington, DC. He served as President of the Maryland Psychological Association and was a Representative from Maryland to the American Psychological Association's Council of Representatives. Governor Harry Hughes of Maryland appointed him to the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, where he was elected its chairman. Dr. Leventhal is the recipient of an Outstanding Contribution Award from the Maryland Psychological Association for having led the two-year effort that resulted in Maryland's privileged communication law which protects the confidentiality of patients in psychotherapy. He is a Consultant Emeritus at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a recipient of a Recognition for Service as a psychological consultant to the National Security Agency, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.