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    Cracked: The Unhappy Truth about Psychiatry

    By James Davies

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    A “thought-provoking” look at the psychiatric profession, the overprescribing of pharmaceuticals, and the cost to patients’ health (Booklist).
     In an effort to enlighten a new generation about its growing reliance on psychiatry, this illuminating volume investigates why psychiatry has become the fastest-growing medical field in history; why psychiatric drugs are now more widely prescribed than ever before; and why psychiatry, without solid scientific justification, keeps expanding the number of mental disorders it believes to exist. This revealing volume shows that these issues can be explained by one startling fact: In recent decades, psychiatry has become so motivated by power that it has put the pursuit of pharmaceutical riches above its patients’ well-being. Readers will be shocked and dismayed to discover that psychiatry, in the name of helping others, has actually been helping itself. In a style reminiscent of Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science and investigative in tone, James Davies reveals psychiatry’s hidden failings and how the field of study must change if it is ever to win back its patients’ trust. 
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPegasus Books
    Release dateAug 6, 2013
    ISBN9781453299111
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      This book reveals some shocking info about mental health services in Western countries. I'm sure that some of the revelations could be applied across the board of health services and not just to mental health.

      I can't believe that drug companies can have this type of relationship with health professionals--effectively paying them to use and aggressively promote their products to patients. Of course, the professionals are then going to prescribe these drugs, no one is immune to this kind of monetary temptation.

      The author claims that doctors and professionals are over-worked and don't have the time to effectively invest in patient care, that it is much easier and quicker to prescribe a drug whether or not that will be effective. He claims that this is what patients have learned to expect--that it is the placebo effect of the drug and not the drug itself that has the positive impact, at least in the short term. He goes into extensive detail about anti-depressants and how they suppress the natural emotions whether positive or negative. He claims this basically does long term damage to the brain and body, damage that cannot be reversed.

      Reading this book was eye-opening and pretty scary. If taken literally I can imagine that no one would be able to trust any health professional at all. He uses sensationalism in places that I felt was unnecessary to get the point across. His main point is that the health profession is turning the stresses and strains of everyday life into treatable illnesses for monetary gain. His focus is on mental health which cannot be measured biologically in the same way that physical/visible illness can. He has a valid point with 48 million anti-depressant prescriptions in England in just one year!

      Everytime we take a pill for something there will be consequences of some sort as it is not a natural way to treat our bodies. Our job is to determine whether the consequence of the drug is worse than the initial problem. The scandal is that we are often not informed about the potential consequence or alternative approaches which may be more effective and less harmful.

      I would recommend this book as it gives some useful info that patients should be aware of when receiving treatment.