Book description
Psychiatry Under the Influence investigates the actions and practices of the American Psychiatric Association and academic psychiatry in the United States, and presents it as a case study of institutional corruption.
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I was deeply impressed by how Psychiatry Under the Influence combines medical history, clinical knowledge, and investigative journalism about pervasive institutional conflicts of interest in medicine.
In Whitakerās and Cosgroveās case study of āinstitutional corruptionā they trace the development over time of an alignment of the psychiatric professionās āguild interestsā in turf maximization and scientific legitimation with drug companiesā drive to market a widening array of drugs massively profitable drugs.
It is a fascinating illustration of the medicalization of life resulting from what I would call the ācommercial construction of disease.ā
Particularly eye-opening was the role of the American Psychiatricā¦
From Peter's list on the entanglement of medicine, politics, and pharmaceuticals.
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