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Saving Normal

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by Allen Frances

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From the most powerful psychiatrist in America (), a deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of normality Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. These challenges are a normal part of being human, and they should not be treated as psychiatric disease. However, today millions of people who are really no more than worried well are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and are receiving unnecessary treatment. In , Allen Frances, one of the world's most influential psychiatrists, warns that mislabeling everyday problems as mental illness has shocking implications for individuals and society: stigmatizing a healthy person as mentally ill leads to unnecessary, harmful medications, the narrowing of horizons, misallocation of medical resources, and draining of the budgets of families and the nation. We also shift responsibility for our mental well-being away from our own naturally resilient and self-healing brains, which have kept us sane for hundreds of thousands of years, and into the hands of Big Pharma, who are reaping multi-billion-dollar profits. Frances cautions that the new edition of the bible of psychiatry, the , normal grief will become Major Depressive Disorder; the forgetting seen in old age is Mild Neurocognitive Disorder; temper tantrums are Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder; worrying about a medical illness is Somatic Symptom Disorder; gluttony is Binge Eating Disorder; and most of us will qualify for adult Attention Deficit Disorder. What's more, all of these newly invented conditions will worsen the cruel paradox of the mental health industry: those who desperately need psychiatric help are left shamefully neglected, while the worried well are given the bulk of the treatment, often at their own detriment. Masterfully charting the history of psychiatric fads throughout history, Frances argues that whenever we arbitrarily label another aspect of the human condition a disease, we further chip away at our human adaptability and diversity, dulling the full palette of what is normal and losing something fundamental of ourselves in the process. is a call to all of us to reclaim the full measure of our humanity.
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  • Jumlah Halaman

    0

    Penerbit

    Harper Collins

  • Tanggal Terbit

    13 Sep, 2015

    Penulis
    Allen Frances
  • Bahasa

    Indonesia

    ISBN

    SCOOPG84494

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