Psychiatry as Faust: Has Psychiatry Sold its Soul to the Pharmaceutical Industry? A review of Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry – A Doctor’s Revelations about a Profession in Crisis
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
1-9-2011
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Abstract
Has psychiatry sold its soul to the pharmaceutical industry? This is a question being asked a lot of late with reports of numerous studies published in top medical journals and even textbooks being ghostwritten by the pharmaceutical industry. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Jose Mercury News, and other major news outlets have been reporting on this in recent months (and years) and it has even been the subject, broadly defined, of a recent popular romantic drama, Love and Other Drugs. Recently I was asked to write a book review by a professional journal on the new book, Unhinged: The trouble with psychiatry - A doctor's revelations about a profession in crisis by Daniel Carlat, M.D that addresses these issues in great detail.
Recommended Citation
Plante, T. G. (2010). Psychiatry as Faust: Has Psychiatry Sold its Soul to the Pharmaceutical Industry? A review of Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry – A Doctor’s Revelations about a Profession in Crisis. PsycCRITIQUES - Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 55, Article 5.
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