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The fascinating story of psychiatry s origins, demise, and redemption, by the former President of the American Psychiatric Association Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining lunatics in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping public But, as Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, reveals in his extraordinary and eye opening book, the path to legitimacy for the black sheep of medicine has been anything but smooth In Shrinks, Dr Lieberman traces the field from its birth as a mystic pseudo science through its adolescence as a cult of shrinks to its late blooming maturity beginning after World War II as a science driven profession that saves lives With fascinating case studies and portraits of the luminaries of the field from Sigmund Freud to Eric Kandel Shrinks is a gripping and illuminating read, and an urgent call to arms to dispel the stigma of mental illnesses by treating them as diseases rather than unfortunate states of mind. 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Lieberman [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I have been waiting for this book for years an honest account of the history of psychiatry, and for this subject, when you say warts and all, you have to be prepared for warts to be pretty much all there are until the 1970s What a horror story Here is Dr Lieberman s mission statement There s a good reason that so many people will do everything they can to avoid seeing a psychiatrist I believe that the only way psychiatrists can demonstrate how far we have hoisted ourselves from t...A big thank you to Goodreads first reads giveaways I am amazed by this most comprehensive and thoroughly researched book on the subject of psychiatry It s divided into three main sections The story of diagnosis, The story of treatment, and Psychiatry reborn I found it fascinating to explore the birth of psychiatry right up to it s present day developments In fact, I was jotting down so many important details I found myself with 18 pages of notes It does cover a lot of territory, but Lieberm A big thank you to Goodreads first reads giveaways I am amazed by this most comprehensive and thoroughly researched book on the subject of psychiatry It s divided into three main sections The story of diagnosis, The story of treatment, and Psychiatry reborn I found it fascinating to explore the birth of psychiatry right up to it s present day developments In fact, I was jotting down so many important details I found myself with 18 pages of notes It does cover a lot of territory, but Lieberman s writing style flows, and the information is easy to understand and follow His interspersions of the personal also make it aintimate read, one I will not soon forget.The fir...Let s get frivolous firstI became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allen Poe When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. Mark Twain How many psychiatrist does it take to change a light bulb One, but the light bulb has to want to change How many psychiatrist does it take to change a light bulb Just one, but it takes nine visits On and on it goesSometimes it takes laughter to cure a few ailments of the mind Wel Let s get frivolous firstI beca...Dear Psychiatrist I have now read this book about the history of your profession Is it somewhat ironic that it has made medepressed haha Just kidding, right Seriously, though, isn t it is fair to say that your profession is a crazy one Ha, I m cracking myself up I know we talked about using humor in our last session, so I thought you might appreciate that As you know, I personally owe a lot to psychiatry I worked as a college intern at the APA in 1994 and got my first full time Dear Psychiatrist I have now read this book about the history of your profession Is it somewhat ironic that it has made medepressed haha Just kidding, right Seriously, though, isn t it is fair to say that your profession is a crazy one Ha, I m cracking myself up I know we talked about using humor in our last session, so I thought you might appreciate that As you know, I personally owe a lot to psychiatry I worked as a college intern at the APA in 1994 and got my first full time job there after graduation in 1995 Not only did this get me out of Utah an immediate anti depressant , I eventually worked there for 5 years, and it was fun to read about details in this book that only ...Antiseptic Analysis of Psychiatry, a Story Better Left Untold Terribly Heavy Going, Like Running Uphill in Roller SkatesI assign such a low rating based on my reasonable expectations from the publisher s description aimed at convincing potential readers that the book gives an inside, layperson s look at the practice of psychiatry I found instead that it s overly didactic, providing a wearisome history of psychiatry, a prosaic argument for its recognition and development as a field of medicine, a Antiseptic Analysis of Psychiatry, a Story Better Left Untold Terribly Heavy Going, Like Running Uphill in Roller SkatesI assign such a low rating based on my reasonable expectations from the publisher s description aimed at convincing potential readers that the book gives an inside, lay...I thoroughly appreciated the way this book made psychiatry and the history of psychiatry accessible It was never dry, dull or boring It illuminated so much about theories and treatments in the past and how these have either been developed or jettisoned and how each new development has led to our c...Decent background of the psychiatric profession Discusses DSM I, II, and III diagnoses Whole chapters on mental diseases and various treatments as well as well known psychiatrists Not sure what is discussed here that would not be discussed in a couple of introducti...Most of us today have a warped view of what psychiatry does based on its early history and the way it has been portrayed by popular media during earlier time periods Psychoanalysis think Freud was pseudoscience It thought that diseases of the mind and brain were caused by repressed memories and such, and that it had no empirical data to support it The author really doesn t dance around the problems inherent within Psychoanalysis Each psychoanalyst needed to be psychoanalyzed before becomin Most of us today have a warped view of what psychiatry does based on its early history and the way it has been portrayed by popular media during earlier time periods Psychoanalysis think Freud was pseudoscience It thought that diseases of the mind and brain were caused by repressed memories and such, and that it had no empirical data to support it The author really doesn t dance around the problems inherent within Psychoanalysis Each psychoanalyst needed to be psychoanalyzed before becoming a psychoanalyst a perfect way to create a pseudoscience Psychoanalysts were arguing that all mental problems were behaviora...A much needed book that informs its readers of the many great changes in psychiatry It aims to increase public awareness, fight the stigma attached to mental illnesses, and encourage bright young minds to choose psychiatry for a career I enjoyed the audiobook and learned a lot from it as well.Loved this book Did you know that 1 in 4 Americans will suffer from a mental illness in their life And that even though there are known genetic, neurological, and environmental causes for these illnesses, we still too often attribute them to moral failing or punishment or villainy Like, I suffered from PPD because I am a bad mother Lies Illness mental illness falls in here It doesn t have to be a stand alone...

Shrinks
  • 09 August 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 352 pages
  • 0316278866
  • Jeffrey A. Lieberman
  • Shrinks