Cracked: Why Psychiatry Is Doing More Harm Than Good by James Davies - Paperback - Non Fiction Psychiatry & Mental Health Expose

Details Condition: Brand New Format: Paperback ISBN: 9781848316546 Publisher: Icon Books Age Range: Adult Overview Cracked: Why Psychiatry Is Doing More Harm Than Good is a hard-hitting investigation into the modern mental health industry, written by psychotherapist and social anthropologist James Davies. Drawing on original interviews, clinical experience, and years of research, Davies asks why psychiatric diagnoses have multiplied and why so many people are medicated for everyday distress. It is essential reading for anyone questioning how society understands and treats mental illness, from patients and carers to students and professionals. About the Book In this bestselling paperback, James Davies pulls back the curtain on the psychiatric establishment, exposing how commercial interests, weak science, and cultural pressures have combined to inflate the number of recognised mental disorders from just over a hundred in the 1950s to hundreds today. He examines the rise of psychotropic medication, showing how antidepressants and other drugs are prescribed at record levels despite mounting evidence questioning their long-term effectiveness and safety. Through interviews with senior psychiatrists, drug company insiders, and regulators, Davies builds a compelling, well-sourced case that much of modern psychiatric practice rests on shakier scientific foundations than the public is led to believe. Rather than dismissing mental illness or the value of support, the book argues for a more honest, evidence-based approach to care - one that resists over-medicalising ordinary human suffering. Accessible and rigorously researched, Cracked has been widely discussed in the press and among mental health professionals since its original publication, and remains a touchstone text in debates about psychiatry, diagnosis, and the pharmaceutical industry's influence on treatment decisions worldwide. Understand how psychiatric diagnosis has expanded dramatically over the last 70 years Lea