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🩺 Psychiatry Critique

Intellectual challenges to psychiatry's foundations, methods, and cultural authority, asking whether the field heals or merely controls.
Desperate Remedies
by Andrew Scull • 2022
For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.
4.09
448
🏥 History Of Psychiatry🏛️ Institutional Critique💉 Medical Hubris🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics
Desperate Remedies Summary
Desperate Remedies 93%
For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.
by Andrew Scull 2022
4.09
448 ratings
🏥 History Of Psychiatry🏛️ Institutional Critique💉 Medical Hubris🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics
Anatomy of an Epidemic
by Robert Whitaker • 2010
Mental disability rates spiked after psychiatric drugs became standard. The cure may be the cause.
4.15
5k+
🧠 Critical Psychiatry💊 Psychiatric Drug Critique🏥 Iatrogenic Harm🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry📈 Medicalization Of Madness
Anatomy of an Epidemic Summary
Anatomy of an Epidemic 93%
Mental disability rates spiked after psychiatric drugs became standard. The cure may be the cause.
by Robert Whitaker 2010
4.15
5k+ ratings
🧠 Critical Psychiatry💊 Psychiatric Drug Critique🏥 Iatrogenic Harm🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry📈 Medicalization Of Madness
The Myth of Mental Illness
by Thomas Szasz • 1961
Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.
3.76
2k+
🚫 Anti-Psychiatry🏥 Medicalization⚖️ Psychiatric Ethics📝 Informed Consent🔒 Civil Commitment
The Myth of Mental Illness Summary
The Myth of Mental Illness 92%
Mental illness is not a brain disease: it is a language of distress, a tool of control.
by Thomas Szasz 1961
3.76
2k+ ratings
🚫 Anti-Psychiatry🏥 Medicalization⚖️ Psychiatric Ethics📝 Informed Consent🔒 Civil Commitment
Mad in America
by Robert Whitaker • 2002
Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.
4.18
3k+
🏛️ History Of Psychiatry💊 Pharmaceutical Industry⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness🧬 Eugenics🔬 Scientific Fraud
Mad in America Summary
Mad in America 92%
Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.
by Robert Whitaker 2002
4.18
3k+ ratings
🏛️ History Of Psychiatry💊 Pharmaceutical Industry⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness🧬 Eugenics🔬 Scientific Fraud
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health
by Nathan Filer • 2019
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
4.28
3k+
🔍 Psychiatric Critique💔 Trauma And Psychosis🏘️ Social Determinants⚖️ Medical Racism💊 Pharma Skepticism
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health Summary
This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health 92%
A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.
by Nathan Filer 2019
4.28
3k+ ratings
🔍 Psychiatric Critique💔 Trauma And Psychosis🏘️ Social Determinants⚖️ Medical Racism💊 Pharma Skepticism
Saving Normal
by Allen Frances • 2013
The psychiatrist who chaired the DSM-IV explains why normal human suffering now earns a diagnosis.
3.85
2k+
🏥 Psychiatric Overdiagnosis💊 Pharmaceutical Industry🩺 Medicalization Critique🔍 Critical Psychiatry💉 Overprescribing
Saving Normal Summary
Saving Normal 92%
The psychiatrist who chaired the DSM-IV explains why normal human suffering now earns a diagnosis.
by Allen Frances 2013
3.85
2k+ ratings
🏥 Psychiatric Overdiagnosis💊 Pharmaceutical Industry🩺 Medicalization Critique🔍 Critical Psychiatry💉 Overprescribing
The Meaning of Madness
by Neel Burton • 2008
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
3.97
275
💊 Critical Psychiatry🌌 Existential Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🌱 Suffering And Meaning🎨 Creativity And Madness
The Meaning of Madness Summary
The Meaning of Madness 91%
Mental disorders have hidden purposes: windows into meaning, creativity, and transformation.
by Neel Burton 2008
3.97
275 ratings
💊 Critical Psychiatry🌌 Existential Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🌱 Suffering And Meaning🎨 Creativity And Madness
A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs
by Joanna Moncrieff • 2009
Psychiatric drugs don't fix chemical imbalances. They induce intoxication. Here is how to walk away.
4.36
107
🧠 Critical Psychiatry🧪 Chemical Imbalance Myth💊 Psychiatric Withdrawal🏭 Pharmaceutical Critique📋 Informed Consent
A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs Summary
A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs 91%
Psychiatric drugs don't fix chemical imbalances. They induce intoxication. Here is how to walk away.
by Joanna Moncrieff 2009
4.36
107 ratings
🧠 Critical Psychiatry🧪 Chemical Imbalance Myth💊 Psychiatric Withdrawal🏭 Pharmaceutical Critique📋 Informed Consent
No More Normal
by Alastair Santhouse • 2025
Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?
4.04
91
🧠 Psychiatric Overreach📈 Diagnostic Inflation🏥 Medicalizing Distress📲 Social Contagion💭 Memory Fallibility
No More Normal Summary
No More Normal 91%
Four times more mental disorders than 70 years ago. A psychiatrist asks: have we lost normal?
by Alastair Santhouse 2025
4.04
91 ratings
🧠 Psychiatric Overreach📈 Diagnostic Inflation🏥 Medicalizing Distress📲 Social Contagion💭 Memory Fallibility
Antidepressed
by Beverley Thomson • 2021
Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.
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48
🧠 Antidepressant Harm💊 Psychiatric Drugs🏥 Medicalization💀 Iatrogenic Harm📉 Withdrawal Syndrome
Antidepressed Summary
Antidepressed 91%
Antidepressants can create the brain state they're supposed to cure, and quitting is even harder.
by Beverley Thomson 2021
4.40
48 ratings
🧠 Antidepressant Harm💊 Psychiatric Drugs🏥 Medicalization💀 Iatrogenic Harm📉 Withdrawal Syndrome
The Devil's Castle
by Susanne Paola Antonetta • 2025
Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.
3.28
72
🧠 Psychiatric History☠️ Nazi Eugenics🧬 Biological Psychiatry📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis🗣️ Critical Psychiatry
The Devil's Castle Summary
The Devil's Castle 91%
Diagnostic categories created by eugenicists to justify Nazi euthanasia still live inside the DSM.
by Susanne Paola Antonetta 2025
3.28
72 ratings
🧠 Psychiatric History☠️ Nazi Eugenics🧬 Biological Psychiatry📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis🗣️ Critical Psychiatry
What Is Madness?
by Darian Leader • 2011
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
4.14
531
🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🌪️ Psychosis💭 Delusion🧩 Meaning-Making🏗️ Reality Construction
What Is Madness? Summary
What Is Madness? 91%
Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.
by Darian Leader 2011
4.14
531 ratings
🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis🌪️ Psychosis💭 Delusion🧩 Meaning-Making🏗️ Reality Construction
Strangers to Ourselves
by Rachel Aviv • 2022
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
4.10
15k+
🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis🌍 Cultural Psychiatry📖 Medical Narratives⚖️ Critical Psychiatry🧒 Trauma And Development
Strangers to Ourselves Summary
Strangers to Ourselves 91%
A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.
by Rachel Aviv 2022
4.10
15k+ ratings
🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis🌍 Cultural Psychiatry📖 Medical Narratives⚖️ Critical Psychiatry🧒 Trauma And Development
Destructive Trends in Mental Health
by Rogers H. Wright • 2005
Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.
3.95
21
🧠 Clinical Psychology🏷️ Diagnostic Overreach⚖️ Psychology Ethics🎭 Victimhood Culture🪄 Pseudoscience Critique
Destructive Trends in Mental Health Summary
Destructive Trends in Mental Health 91%
Therapy now invents disorders, buries science, and rewards victimhood. Patients pay the price.
by Rogers H. Wright 2005
3.95
21 ratings
🧠 Clinical Psychology🏷️ Diagnostic Overreach⚖️ Psychology Ethics🎭 Victimhood Culture🪄 Pseudoscience Critique
No One Cares About Crazy People
by Ron Powers • 2017
Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.
3.87
4k+
🏛️ Psychiatric History📋 Mental Health Policy👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir🏚️ Deinstitutionalization💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics
No One Cares About Crazy People Summary
No One Cares About Crazy People 91%
Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.
by Ron Powers 2017
3.87
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Psychiatric History📋 Mental Health Policy👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir🏚️ Deinstitutionalization💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics
The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants
by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA • 2016
One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.
3.55
144
💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms🏥 Medicalization Critique🚫 Anti-Psychiatry🔍 Investigative Memoir
The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants Summary
The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants 90%
One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.
by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA 2016
3.55
144 ratings
💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms🏥 Medicalization Critique🚫 Anti-Psychiatry🔍 Investigative Memoir
Mad, Bad, and Sad
by Lisa Appignanesi • 2007
Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.
3.70
957
🌀 Women And Madness🏛️ History Of Psychiatry📜 Feminist History🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums🎭 Hysteria Studies
Mad, Bad, and Sad Summary
Mad, Bad, and Sad 90%
Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.
by Lisa Appignanesi 2007
3.70
957 ratings
🌀 Women And Madness🏛️ History Of Psychiatry📜 Feminist History🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums🎭 Hysteria Studies
We've Been Too Patient
by L.D. Green • 2019
Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.
4.15
202
🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry🏳️ Mad Pride📚 Mad Studies🤝 Peer Support🫂 Mutual Aid
We've Been Too Patient Summary
We've Been Too Patient 90%
Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.
by L.D. Green 2019
4.15
202 ratings
🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry🏳️ Mad Pride📚 Mad Studies🤝 Peer Support🫂 Mutual Aid
The Psychopath Test
by Jon Ronson • 2011
A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.
3.95
158k+
🧠 Forensic Psychology📰 Investigative Journalism🎭 Psychopathy📋 Diagnostic Overreach💊 Mental Health Industry
The Psychopath Test Summary
The Psychopath Test 90%
A journalist learns to spot psychopaths. Then the checklist starts spotting him.
by Jon Ronson 2011
3.95
158k+ ratings
🧠 Forensic Psychology📰 Investigative Journalism🎭 Psychopathy📋 Diagnostic Overreach💊 Mental Health Industry
Empire of Normality
by Robert Chapman • 2023
The line between healthy and broken minds was drawn by factory logic and market demands.
4.27
1k+
🧠 Neurodiversity Politics♿ Social Model Of Disability🧬 History Of Eugenics🏥 Critical Psychiatry💼 Neoliberal Critique
Empire of Normality Summary
Empire of Normality 90%
The line between healthy and broken minds was drawn by factory logic and market demands.
by Robert Chapman 2023
4.27
1k+ ratings
🧠 Neurodiversity Politics♿ Social Model Of Disability🧬 History Of Eugenics🏥 Critical Psychiatry💼 Neoliberal Critique
The Center Cannot Hold
by Elyn R. Saks • 2007
Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.
4.33
23k+
📖 Psychosis Memoirs🧠 Chronic Mental Illness🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition🏥 Institutional Psychiatry🏷️ Mental Health Stigma
The Center Cannot Hold Summary
The Center Cannot Hold 90%
Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.
by Elyn R. Saks 2007
4.33
23k+ ratings
📖 Psychosis Memoirs🧠 Chronic Mental Illness🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition🏥 Institutional Psychiatry🏷️ Mental Health Stigma
American Therapy
by Jonathan Engel • 2008
America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.
3.39
70
🛋️ Psychotherapy History🇺🇸 American Cultural History🗣️ Talk Therapy🧠 Biological Psychiatry✊ Anti-Psychiatry
American Therapy Summary
American Therapy 90%
America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.
by Jonathan Engel 2008
3.39
70 ratings
🛋️ Psychotherapy History🇺🇸 American Cultural History🗣️ Talk Therapy🧠 Biological Psychiatry✊ Anti-Psychiatry
Rozdělené Self
by R.D. Laing • 1960
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
4.11
7k+
🧠 Existential Psychology🩺 Clinical Psychiatry🌊 Existential Phenomenology✊ Anti-Psychiatry🛡️ Psychological Defenses
Rozdělené Self Summary
Rozdělené Self 90%
Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.
by R.D. Laing 1960
4.11
7k+ ratings
🧠 Existential Psychology🩺 Clinical Psychiatry🌊 Existential Phenomenology✊ Anti-Psychiatry🛡️ Psychological Defenses
Losing Our Minds
by Lucy Foulkes • 2022
Talk about mental health surged. Understanding didn't, so ordinary suffering now gets a diagnosis.
4.07
786
🩺 Medicalization Of Distress🧒 Adolescent Mental Health📈 Diagnostic Inflation🔍 Critical Psychology🌧️ Normal Suffering
Losing Our Minds Summary
Losing Our Minds 90%
Talk about mental health surged. Understanding didn't, so ordinary suffering now gets a diagnosis.
by Lucy Foulkes 2022
4.07
786 ratings
🩺 Medicalization Of Distress🧒 Adolescent Mental Health📈 Diagnostic Inflation🔍 Critical Psychology🌧️ Normal Suffering
Limits to Medicine
by Ivan Illich • 1974
Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.
4.04
612
🩺 Medical Criticism💊 Medicalization🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness⚠️ Medical Harm💀 Death And Medicine
Limits to Medicine Summary
Limits to Medicine 90%
Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.
by Ivan Illich 1974
4.04
612 ratings
🩺 Medical Criticism💊 Medicalization🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness⚠️ Medical Harm💀 Death And Medicine
The Sober Truth
by Lance Dodes • 2014
Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.
3.92
616
🍺 AA Criticism🧠 Anti-Disease Model🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy💰 Rehab Industry Critique📋 Evidence-Based Treatment
The Sober Truth Summary
The Sober Truth 90%
Addiction is not a disease, AA works 5% of the time, rehab is a 90k mirage.
by Lance Dodes 2014
3.92
616 ratings
🍺 AA Criticism🧠 Anti-Disease Model🛋️ Psychodynamic Therapy💰 Rehab Industry Critique📋 Evidence-Based Treatment
The Best Minds
by Jonathan Rosen • 2023
He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.
4.03
18k+
🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives🔬 Forensic Psychiatry🏛️ Insanity Defense🏥 Deinstitutionalization🎓 Meritocracy Critique
The Best Minds Summary
The Best Minds 89%
He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.
by Jonathan Rosen 2023
4.03
18k+ ratings
🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives🔬 Forensic Psychiatry🏛️ Insanity Defense🏥 Deinstitutionalization🎓 Meritocracy Critique
Rethinking Depression
by Eric Maisel • 2011
Sadness isn't a sickness. It's a summons to build a life that means something to you.
3.40
118
🏥 Mental Health Skepticism📚 Existential Psychology💭 Meaning Making🧭 Life Purpose🛋️ Self-Directed Therapy
Rethinking Depression Summary
Rethinking Depression 89%
Sadness isn't a sickness. It's a summons to build a life that means something to you.
by Eric Maisel 2011
3.40
118 ratings
🏥 Mental Health Skepticism📚 Existential Psychology💭 Meaning Making🧭 Life Purpose🛋️ Self-Directed Therapy
Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen • 1993
One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.
3.95
283k+
🏥 Psychiatric Memoir👩 Women And Madness🤝 Ward Friendships🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum
Girl, Interrupted Summary
Girl, Interrupted 89%
One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.
by Susanna Kaysen 1993
3.95
283k+ ratings
🏥 Psychiatric Memoir👩 Women And Madness🤝 Ward Friendships🎭 Darkly Comic Memoir🏚️ Life Inside An Asylum
Descriptions and Prescriptions
by Michael R. Emlet • 2017
Psychiatric labels and medications: how to accept the help without worshiping the tool.
4.41
825
🙏 Christian Mental Health🧭 Biblical Counseling📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis💊 Psychiatric Medication🔬 Faith And Science
Descriptions and Prescriptions Summary
Descriptions and Prescriptions 89%
Psychiatric labels and medications: how to accept the help without worshiping the tool.
by Michael R. Emlet 2017
4.41
825 ratings
🙏 Christian Mental Health🧭 Biblical Counseling📋 Psychiatric Diagnosis💊 Psychiatric Medication🔬 Faith And Science
Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream
by Robert I. Simon • 1996
The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.
3.77
230
🧠 Forensic Psychiatry🔍 Criminal Psychology💔 Empathy Deficits👹 Dehumanization🌑 Human Darkness
Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream Summary
Bad Men Do what Good Men Dream 89%
The monsters in the news are not a different species: they are you, minus restraint.
by Robert I. Simon 1996
3.77
230 ratings
🧠 Forensic Psychiatry🔍 Criminal Psychology💔 Empathy Deficits👹 Dehumanization🌑 Human Darkness
La felicidad
by Gabriel Rolón • 2023
The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.
3.94
2k+
🎭 Critique Of Happiness🛋️ Psychoanalysis🪞 Lacanian Psychoanalysis🏛️ Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism Critique
La felicidad Summary
La felicidad 89%
The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.
by Gabriel Rolón 2023
3.94
2k+ ratings
🎭 Critique Of Happiness🛋️ Psychoanalysis🪞 Lacanian Psychoanalysis🏛️ Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism Critique
The New Black
by Darian Leader • 2008
What if depression is stalled mourning? The dead we cannot release may be the real cause.
4.05
713
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🖤 Mourning And Loss💭 Freudian Thought💎 Lacanian Thought💊 Critique Of Psychiatry
The New Black Summary
The New Black 89%
What if depression is stalled mourning? The dead we cannot release may be the real cause.
by Darian Leader 2008
4.05
713 ratings
🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory🖤 Mourning And Loss💭 Freudian Thought💎 Lacanian Thought💊 Critique Of Psychiatry
The Assault on Truth
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson • 1984
The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.
3.99
494
🏛️ History Of Psychoanalysis💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse🧠 Trauma And Memory🤝 Believing Survivors🏢 Institutional Coverup
The Assault on Truth Summary
The Assault on Truth 89%
The case against Freud: he knew child abuse was real and called it fantasy anyway.
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson 1984
3.99
494 ratings
🏛️ History Of Psychoanalysis💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse🧠 Trauma And Memory🤝 Believing Survivors🏢 Institutional Coverup
An Unquiet Mind
by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995
A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.
4.06
87k+
🎭 Bipolar Disorder📖 Psychiatric Memoir🩺 Patient As Expert🎨 Creativity And Madness💊 Medication Ambivalence
An Unquiet Mind Summary
An Unquiet Mind 89%
A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.
by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995
4.06
87k+ ratings
🎭 Bipolar Disorder📖 Psychiatric Memoir🩺 Patient As Expert🎨 Creativity And Madness💊 Medication Ambivalence
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
by Ian Harris • 2016
Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.
4.16
196
🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine⚠️ Medical Overtreatment💊 Placebo Studies🧪 Clinical Trial Critique💰 Conflicts Of Interest
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo Summary
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 89%
Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.
by Ian Harris 2016
4.16
196 ratings
🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine⚠️ Medical Overtreatment💊 Placebo Studies🧪 Clinical Trial Critique💰 Conflicts Of Interest
La psicopatia
by Robert D. Hare • 2018
Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.
4.21
28
🏛️ Forensic Psychology📋 Clinical Assessment🧠 Psychopathy🎭 Personality Disorders⚠️ Antisocial Behavior
La psicopatia Summary
La psicopatia 89%
Rational, not psychotic: the clinical tool that separates true psychopaths from ordinary offenders.
by Robert D. Hare 2018
4.21
28 ratings
🏛️ Forensic Psychology📋 Clinical Assessment🧠 Psychopathy🎭 Personality Disorders⚠️ Antisocial Behavior
The Man Who Couldn't Stop
by David Adam • 2014
Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.
3.90
6k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir💭 Intrusive Thoughts🔬 Brain Science🧪 Exposure Therapy📰 Science Journalism
The Man Who Couldn't Stop Summary
The Man Who Couldn't Stop 89%
Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.
by David Adam 2014
3.90
6k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir💭 Intrusive Thoughts🔬 Brain Science🧪 Exposure Therapy📰 Science Journalism
The Shadow of the Object
by Christopher Bollas • 1987
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
4.51
196
🧸 Object Relations Theory🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis👶 Early Infant Experience🎨 Aesthetic Experience🪞 Countertransference
The Shadow of the Object Summary
The Shadow of the Object 89%
The knowledge formed before you had words shapes every adult relationship and mood.
by Christopher Bollas 1987
4.51
196 ratings
🧸 Object Relations Theory🛋️ Clinical Psychoanalysis👶 Early Infant Experience🎨 Aesthetic Experience🪞 Countertransference
The Noonday Demon
by Andrew Solomon • 2000
From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.
4.19
16k+
🩺 Clinical Depression📖 Memoir And Science💊 Integrated Treatment⚖️ Health Inequity🆘 Suicide Prevention
The Noonday Demon Summary
The Noonday Demon 89%
From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.
by Andrew Solomon 2000
4.19
16k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Depression📖 Memoir And Science💊 Integrated Treatment⚖️ Health Inequity🆘 Suicide Prevention
The Psychology of Totalitarianism
by Mattias Desmet • 2023
Reason was meant to free us. It left us isolated, anxious, and begging for an absolute master.
3.98
2k+
🧠 Mass Psychology🗳️ Political Psychology⛓️ Totalitarianism Studies🏭 Critique Of Technocracy🔬 Epistemology Of Science
The Psychology of Totalitarianism Summary
The Psychology of Totalitarianism 89%
Reason was meant to free us. It left us isolated, anxious, and begging for an absolute master.
by Mattias Desmet 2023
3.98
2k+ ratings
🧠 Mass Psychology🗳️ Political Psychology⛓️ Totalitarianism Studies🏭 Critique Of Technocracy🔬 Epistemology Of Science
Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Kieron O'Connor • 2011
OCD starts with self-made doubt, not an intrusion. Treat the reasoning, not just the compulsion.
4.03
34
🧠 Clinical Psychology🔄 Ocd Treatment🫀 Anxiety Disorders🧩 Cognitive Biases📖 Narrative Therapy
Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Summary
Clinician's Handbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 89%
OCD starts with self-made doubt, not an intrusion. Treat the reasoning, not just the compulsion.
by Kieron O'Connor 2011
4.03
34 ratings
🧠 Clinical Psychology🔄 Ocd Treatment🫀 Anxiety Disorders🧩 Cognitive Biases📖 Narrative Therapy
Psychedelic Medicine
by Richard Louis Miller • 2017
Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.
4.01
312
🍄 Psychedelic Therapy⚖️ Drug Policy Reform💔 Trauma Treatment🌌 Mystical Experience🧠 Cognitive Liberty
Psychedelic Medicine Summary
Psychedelic Medicine 89%
Four illegal molecules can rewire the traumatized brain. The evidence was buried.
by Richard Louis Miller 2017
4.01
312 ratings
🍄 Psychedelic Therapy⚖️ Drug Policy Reform💔 Trauma Treatment🌌 Mystical Experience🧠 Cognitive Liberty
Mind the Science
by Jonathan N. Stea • 2024
How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures
4.15
257
🏥 Wellness Critique🔬 Science Literacy🚩 Pseudoscience Detection🧠 Cognitive Biases🌿 Alternative Medicine
Mind the Science Summary
Mind the Science 89%
How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures
by Jonathan N. Stea 2024
4.15
257 ratings
🏥 Wellness Critique🔬 Science Literacy🚩 Pseudoscience Detection🧠 Cognitive Biases🌿 Alternative Medicine
Night Falls Fast
by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1999
Mental illness drives nine in ten suicides. One existing treatment cuts that risk nearly ninefold.
4.12
7k+
🧠 Mood Disorders🛡️ Suicide Prevention🧬 Behavioral Genetics⚗️ Neurochemistry🌍 Public Health Crisis
Night Falls Fast Summary
Night Falls Fast 89%
Mental illness drives nine in ten suicides. One existing treatment cuts that risk nearly ninefold.
by Kay Redfield Jamison 1999
4.12
7k+ ratings
🧠 Mood Disorders🛡️ Suicide Prevention🧬 Behavioral Genetics⚗️ Neurochemistry🌍 Public Health Crisis
Crazy Like Us
by Ethan Watters • 2009
Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.
4.10
4k+
🩺 Medical Anthropology🌍 Global Mental Health🗺️ Culture-Bound Syndromes💊 Pharmaceutical Marketing🔁 Diagnostic Looping Effects
Crazy Like Us Summary
Crazy Like Us 89%
Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.
by Ethan Watters 2009
4.10
4k+ ratings
🩺 Medical Anthropology🌍 Global Mental Health🗺️ Culture-Bound Syndromes💊 Pharmaceutical Marketing🔁 Diagnostic Looping Effects
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
by American Psychiatric Association • 1952
A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.
3.90
12k+
🩺 Clinical Diagnosis📋 Diagnostic Manuals📊 Clinical Assessment🧠 Psychopathology🔎 Evidence-Based Practice
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Summary
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR 89%
A taxonomy of mental disorders built on evidence and clinical judgment, not on theory or assumption.
by American Psychiatric Association 1952
3.90
12k+ ratings
🩺 Clinical Diagnosis📋 Diagnostic Manuals📊 Clinical Assessment🧠 Psychopathology🔎 Evidence-Based Practice
Insane
by Alisa Roth • 2018
Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.
4.07
1k+
🏥 Mental Illness In Jails🔒 Mass Incarceration🏚️ Deinstitutionalization⛓️ Solitary Confinement👮 Police Reform
Insane Summary
Insane 89%
Jails hold more people with mental illness than hospitals. Incarceration makes them sicker.
by Alisa Roth 2018
4.07
1k+ ratings
🏥 Mental Illness In Jails🔒 Mass Incarceration🏚️ Deinstitutionalization⛓️ Solitary Confinement👮 Police Reform
ADHD Does Not Exist
by Richard Saul • 2014
How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.
3.03
505
🏥 Medical Overdiagnosis🧠 Attention Disorders⚕️ Critical Psychiatry💊 Stimulant Critique🩺 Differential Diagnosis
ADHD Does Not Exist Summary
ADHD Does Not Exist 89%
How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.
by Richard Saul 2014
3.03
505 ratings
🏥 Medical Overdiagnosis🧠 Attention Disorders⚕️ Critical Psychiatry💊 Stimulant Critique🩺 Differential Diagnosis
Projections
by Karl Deisseroth • 2021
How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.
4.00
2k+
🧠 Biological Psychiatry💔 Affective Neuroscience🔌 Neural Circuits🛋️ Patient Narratives🧬 Evolutionary Biology
Projections Summary
Projections 89%
How grief, mania, and psychosis reveal the ancient brain circuits that built human emotion.
by Karl Deisseroth 2021
4.00
2k+ ratings
🧠 Biological Psychiatry💔 Affective Neuroscience🔌 Neural Circuits🛋️ Patient Narratives🧬 Evolutionary Biology
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