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OverviewIn Saving Normal, Allen Frances, one of the world's most influential psychiatrists, warns that mislabeling everyday problems as mental illness has shocking implications for individuals and society: stigmatizing a healthy person as mentally ill leads to unnecessary, harmful medications, the narrowing of horizons, misallocation of medical resources, and draining of the budgets of families and the nation. We also shift responsibility for our mental well-being away from our own naturally resilient and self-healing brains, which have kept us sane for hundreds of thousands of years, and into the hands of Big Pharma, who are reaping multi-billion-dollar profits. Masterfully charting the history of psychiatric fads throughout history, Frances argues that whenever we arbitrarily label another aspect of the human condition a disease, we further chip away at our human adaptability and diversity, dulling the full palette of what is normal and losing something fundamental of ourselves in the process. Saving Normal is a call to all of us to reclaim the full measure of our humanity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Allen Frances , Paul BoehmerPublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio Edition: Library Edition ISBN: 9781665261296ISBN 10: 1665261293 Publication Date: 14 June 2017 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAllen Frances, MD, is a clinician, educator, researcher, and leading authority on psychiatric diagnosis. The author of hundreds of papers and more than a dozen books, Dr. Frances is Professor Emeritus and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University. Read by John Rubinstein, Robertson Dean, Alex Hyde-White, Stefan Rudnicki, Paul Boehmer, Jim Meskimen, Arthur Morey, Gabrielle de Cuir, and Justine Eyre Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |