Of Two Minds An Anthropologist Looks at American Psychiatry

Name: Of Two Minds An Anthropologist Looks at American Psychiatry
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ISBN: 9780679744931

ISBN-10: 0679744932

ISBN-13: 9780679744931

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Authors: T. M. Luhrmann, T. M. Luhrmann

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With sharp and soulful insight, T. R. Luhrmann examines the world of psychiatry, a profession which today is facing some of its greatest challenges from within and without, as it continues to offer hope to many. At a time when mood-altering drugs have revolutionized the treatment of the mentally ill and HMO’s are forcing caregivers to take the pharmocological route over the talking cure, Luhrmann places us at the heart of the matter and allows us to see exactly what is at stake. Based on extensive interviews with patients and doctors, as well as investigative fieldwork in residence programs, private psychiatric hospitals, and state hospitals, Luhrmann’s groundbreaking book shows us how…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/14/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Author's Note


Introduction



What's Wrong with the Patient?



The Arrow of Harm



The Culture and Its Contradictions



The Psychiatric Scientist and the Psychoanalyst



Where the Split Came From



The Crisis of Managed Care



Madness and Moral Responsibility


Technical Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index