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OverviewInteresting and fresh-represents an important and vigorous challenge to a discipline that at the moment is stuck in its own devices and needs a radical critique to begin to move ahead. --Paul McHugh, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Remarkable in its breadth-an interesting and valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature of the philosophy of psychiatry. --Christian Perring, Dowling College Moving Beyond Prozac, DSM, and the New Psychiatry looks at contemporary psychiatric practice from a variety of critical perspectives ranging from Michel Foucault to Donna Haraway. This contribution to the burgeoning field of medical humanities contends that psychiatry's move away from a theory-based model (one favoring psychoanalysis and other talk therapies) to a more scientific model (based on new breakthroughs in neuroscience and pharmacology) has been detrimental to both the profession and its clients. This shift toward a science-based model includes the codification of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders to the status of standard scientific reference, enabling mental-health practitioners to assign a tidy classification for any mental disturbance or deviation. Psychiatrist and cultural studies scholar Bradley Lewis argues for postpsychiatry, a new psychiatric practice informed by the insights of poststructuralist theory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bradley Lewis (New York University, USA)Publisher: University of Michigan Press Imprint: University of Michigan Press ISBN: 9781282591585ISBN 10: 1282591584 Pages: 212 Publication Date: 01 January 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Undefined 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 InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |