Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry - A Doctor's Revelations about a Profession in Crisis Hardcover – May 18, 2010 Author: Daniel Carlat M.D. | Language: English | ISBN:
141659079X | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Unhinged is a searingly honest and articulate account of modern psychiatry's failure to think outside the box of psychopharmacology in treating patients." (Alison Bass, author of Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial,winner of the NASW Science in Society Award for 2009)
“A psychiatrist looks deeply into the mirror and takes stock of his profession and what it has become. Whether you are a patient, student, trainee, clinician, or “KOL” (key opinion leader”), this frank and insightful book will definitely make you think.” (Erick Turner, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Center for Ethics in Health Care, Oregon Health & Science University)
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Unhinged provides crucial insights for anyone who cares about the future of Psychiatry. Must reading for psychiatrists and patients alike." (Keith Ablow, MD, author of Living the Truth)
"Terrific book, terrific insights! Daniel Carlat is the kind of psychiatrist we wish we all had." (Manny Alvarez, MD, Senior Managing Health Editor at Fox News Channel)
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- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Free Press; 1 edition (May 18, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9781416590798
- ISBN-13: 978-1416590798
- ASIN: 141659079X
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
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This is essentially a whistle blower reporting on the corruption of psychiatry by Big Pharma. Dr. Carlat went to UCSF med school in 1985 as psychiatry was rapidly transiting to psychopharmacology. He is practicing at Massachussetts General Hospital (MGH) where many of the key drug trials had taken place and where faculty members had received millions from Big Pharma to conduct such trials. He also used to accept Big Pharma's money ($30,000 in total, a very small amount relative to others) to lecture to pitch its drugs until his conscience regained the better of him. Thus, he had a front seat and was an active participant in psychiatry's' corruption. His confession is very insightful.
Carlat feels that psychiatry is in a state of crisis, as it has lost much credibility with the public. He mentions a recent Gallup poll that uncovered that only 38% of Americans trust psychiatrists, on par with chiropractors (36%) and even bankers (37%) and way below regular physicians (69%). There are several themes to Carlat's analysis of psychiatry devolution.
First, psychiatrists have given up on understanding their patients. They don't do psychotherapy anymore. They essentially just prescribe drugs (mainly anti-depressants). They now call themselves psychopharmacologists instead of psychotherapists. For psychotherapy, you have to go to a psychologist (who got a graduate degree in psychology, but did not go to med school, and is not allowed to prescribe drugs).
Second, psychiatrists overdiagnose their patients. Way too many children are overdiagnosed with ADHD and even bipolar disorder (the latter being often meaningless for young children). From 1994 to 2003, children and adolescent treated for bipolar disorder rose by 8,000%! The majority of cases are misdiagnosed.
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