Psychiatry and its Discontents

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By Andrew Scull *74

Published June 17, 2019

Psychiatry and its Discontents (University of California Press) traces the history of the field of psychiatry in its treatment of mental illness. Through a series of essays, Andrew Scull *74 exhibits the lasting impact of psychiatry on practitioners and patients from the asylum to psychopharmacology.

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