{"product_id":"mad-science-stuart-a-kirk-9781412849760","title":"Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs","description":"\u003cp\u003e*Winner of an honorable mention from the\u003cem\u003eSociety for Social Work and Research\u003c\/em\u003efor\u003cem\u003eOutstanding Social Work Book Award\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMad Science\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 book's 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 \u003cem\u003emad\u003c\/em\u003e science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003cem\u003eMad Science\u003c\/em\u003e accessible to all specialists in the field as well as to the informed public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart A. Kirk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1412849764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412849760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.40w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2013","brand":"Stuart A. Kirk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088185110783,"sku":"9781412849760","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e8767ee-9334-400c-be62-8ad1a8184e27.jpg?v=1769103525","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mad-science-stuart-a-kirk-9781412849760","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}