No Such Thing as Normal

Disorders, Diagnoses and the Limits of Psychiatry

Marieke Bigg (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2025 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80081-901-6 (ISBN)

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Exposing the false promises of psychiatry and the crumbling foundations on which it was built

'Confronting, thought-provoking and hopeful' SARAH GRAHAM

'A rallying cry for the importance of social and systemic approaches to psychiatric distress' EMMA BYRNE

'Stimulating and timely on psychiatry's tendency to pathologise the 'abnormal'' DANIEL TAMMET

'A shocking and powerful critique ... this is essential reading' HELEN KING

There is no such thing as a normal brain, yet we live in a world that treats disorder as disease.

Psychiatry rests on the belief that mental distress can ultimately be explained by biology: brain structures, chemical imbalances and genetics. Treatments from lobotomies to electroconvulsive therapy to prescription drugs have been touted as cures for 'disorder'. And somewhere along the way, the pharmaceutical industry has leapfrogged its patients, making millions designing drugs to treat disorders, then billions dreaming up disorders that require drugs.

We are now diagnosed and treated for mental disorders more than ever, despite increasing evidence that environmental factors play a far greater role than biological ones.

Laying out the steps for a mental health system that helps rather than harms, Marieke Bigg asks: how can we heal when faced with an industry that banks on keeping us sick?

Marieke Bigg holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Cambridge where her research focused on the role of biological models in society. She is currently retraining as a psychotherapist and works as a peer support coordinator at the mental health charity Mind.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.05.2025
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 238 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-80081-901-3 / 1800819013
ISBN-13	978-1-80081-901-6 / 9781800819016
Zustand	Neuware