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Doctoring the Mind
''Doctoring the Mind: Why psychiatric treatments fail'' is a 2009 book by Richard Bentall, his thesis is critical of contemporary Western psychiatry. Bentall, a professor of clinical psychology, argues that recent scientific research shows that the medical approach to mental illness is fatally flawed.〔Bentall 2010, p. xvi.〕 According to Bentall, it seems there is no "evidence that psychiatry has made a positive impact on human welfare"〔Bentall 2010, p. xvii.〕 and "patients are doing no better today than they did a hundred years ago".〔Bentall 2010, p. 182.〕
The book focuses on psychotic disorders, especially those diagnosed as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
==Background==
Richard Bentall, a professor of clinical psychology, has edited and written several books, most notably ''Madness Explained''. A review by Paul Broks in ''The Sunday Times'' summarized its position as: "Like Szasz, Bentall is firmly opposed to the biomedical model, but he also takes issue with extreme social relativists who would deny the reality of madness." In the book, Bentall also argues that no clear distinction exists between those diagnosed with mental illnesses and the "well". While this notion is more widely accepted in psychiatry when it comes to anxiety and depression, Bentall insists that schizotypal experiences are also common. Bentall has also been significantly influenced by the writings of R.D. Laing.
According to reviewer Caroline Quadrio, ''Doctoring The Mind: Is Our Current Treatment Of Mental Illness Really Any Good?'' is an easy to read "shorter and more accessible version" of ''Madness Explained''. A review of this book by neuro-scientist Roy Sugarman found that it allied itself with the anti-psychiatry movement in its critiques of biological psychiatry. The review in ''PsycCRITIQUES'' was more nuanced, pointing out that Bentall did not reject psycho-pharmacology, but that he was concerned over its overuse.
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