{"product_id":"mad-science-psychiatric-coercion-diagnosis-and-drugs-9781412849760","title":"Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion  Diagnosis  and Drugs","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of an honorable mention from theSociety for Social Work and ResearchforOutstanding Social Work Book Award Mad 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. When 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 researchers seeking aggrandizement. This books detailed analysis of coercion and community treatment  diagnosis  and psychopharmacology reveals that these characteristics are endemic  institutional  and protected in psychiatry. They are not just bad science  but mad science. This book provides an engaging and readable scientific and social critique of current mental health practices. The authors are scholars  researchers  and clinicians who have written extensively about community care  diagnosis  and psychoactive drugs. This paperback edition makes Mad Science accessible to all specialists in the field as well as to the informed public.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651749568565,"sku":"ByrdShop_1412849764","price":165.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781412849760.jpg?v=1781839309","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mad-science-psychiatric-coercion-diagnosis-and-drugs-9781412849760","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}