1. Target
  2. Movies, Music & Books
  3. Books
  4. All Book Genres
  5. Diet, Health & Fitness Books

Psychiatry Under the Influence - by R Whitaker & L Cosgrove (Paperback)

Psychiatry Under the Influence - by  R Whitaker & L Cosgrove (Paperback)
Store: Target
Last Price: 79.99 USD

Similar Products

Products of same category from the store

All

Product info

<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Psychiatry Under the Influence investigates how the influence of pharmaceutical money and guild interests has corrupted the behavior of the American Psychiatric Association and academic psychiatry during the past 35 years. The book documents how the psych<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"This is an extraordinary piece of work that should be read by every mental health professional, minimally. The book might also serve well as a supplemental advanced undergraduate or graduate textbook in a psychopathology or even a research methods class. Where research methods courses separate good from bad science, Whitaker and Cosgrove have now provided us with numerous examples of bad science to which we can now add, corrupt science." (Fred Ernst, Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, Vol. 46, 2016)</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Robert Whitaker is the author of four books, two of which--Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic - tell of the history of psychiatric treatments. Anatomy of an Epidemic won the Investigative Reporters and Editors book award for best investigative journalism in 2010. He is a former Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, USA. <p/>Lisa Cosgrove is Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA and a Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, USA. She is also a clinical psychologist. She has co-edited and co-authored casebooks on the ethical and medico-legal issues that arise in organized psychiatry because of financial conflicts of interest. She received the 2014 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology for her paper "Industry's Colonization of Psychiatry."

Price History

Cheapest price in the interval: 79.99 on October 28, 2021

Most expensive price in the interval: 79.99 on February 4, 2022