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From alienists to mesmerists to shrinks: the fascinating story of psychiatry's demise and redemption in the field of medicine, by the former president of the American Psychiatric Association.In Shrinks, Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, shares the story of psychiatry's origins and the checkered history of useless or harmful treatments--including hydrotherapy, lobotomies, and primal screaming--to its rehabilitation and transformation into an evidence-based profession. A gripping and illuminating read, Shrinks reveals shocking case studies and serves as an urgent call to arms to start treating mental illness as a disease rather than a state of mind.

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Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, is president of the American Psychiatric Association, chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, psychiatrist in chief at Columbia University Medical Center-New York Presbyterian Hospital, and director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He and his family live in New York City. Ogi Ogas is a cognitive neuroscientist, science book author, and game show contestant. He received his PhD in computational neuroscience from Boston University and coauthored of A Billion Wicked Thoughts. He resides in Boston. Graham Corrigan is an audiobook narrator known for his reading of Shrinks by Jeffrey A. Lieberman.

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