How Psychiatry Lost Its Mind...and Where It Might Be Found
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- Over my four years of psychiatric training, and forty years of psychiatric practice, I witnessed the rise and reign of our modern biological model of psychiatric practice. This was indeed driven by an increased understanding of the brain--but just as much so by our utter ignorance of both thought and mind. Within that scientific void, this mindless model of psychiatry has bloomed--producing half-baked biological explanations, concocted diagnoses, and a vast array of pharmaceutical interventions. We have done all this with no understanding or acknowledgement of the psyche: the mind, soul, and spirit of mankind.We’ve thrived economically from our relationships with Big Pharma and other players in the health industry, and our ever-expanding definition of psychopathology. I’m here to expose to the general public my profession’s falsehoods, its ineffectuality, and its inhumanity. Key chapters expose several “epic fails” of modern psychiatry, one of which spurred me to write this book--American psychiatry’s cowardly dismissal of the CDC Suicide Study, which documented a 30% increase in suicide from 1999 to 2016. Another chapter reveals how our grossly misguided model of care led to the tragic death of four-year-old Rebecca Riley.I provide an alternative explanation for the effects of antidepressants--debunking the “chemical imbalance” myth that we contrived decades ago, but now deny doing so. I also offer a neurodigital hypothesis to explain the mystical relationship between the brain and mind — one that warrants a more “thoughtful” model of care that promotes personal growth rather than pharmaceutical dependence.
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