Mad Science by Stuart A. Kirk - 9781412855921

Taylor & Francis

Mad SciencePsychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs\nAuthor(s): Stuart A. Kirk\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781412855921, 978-1412855921\nSynopsis\n*Winner of an honorable mention from theSociety for Social Work and ResearchforOutstanding Social Work Book Award\n\nMad Science argues that the fundamental claims of modern American psychiatry are based on misconceived, flawed, and distorted science. The authors address multiple paradoxes in American mental health research, including the remaking of coercion into scientific psychiatric treatment, the adoption of an unscientific diagnostic system that controls the distribution of services, and how drug treatments have failed to improve the mental health outcome.\n\nWhen it comes to understanding and treating mental illness, distortions of research are not rare, misinterpretation of data is not isolated, and bogus claims of success are not voiced by isolated researc.