Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry write by Joel Paris. This book was released on 2020. Overdiagnosis in Psychiatry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book, now revised in a section edition, examines the problem of over-diagnosis in psychiatry, focusing on problems with current diagnostic systems. It will show that diagnosis is not always a good guide to treatment selection, and that diagnoses have bee expanded in scope to justify currently popular methods of pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. The most important categories that are over-diagnosed are bipolar disorders, major depression, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The boundary of pathology and normality remains unclear. This edition will also discuss dimensional systems that are transdiagnostic, and show how over-diagnosis is linked to the practice of aggressive psychopharmacology"--
The Book of Woe
The Book of Woe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book of Woe write by Gary Greenberg. This book was released on 2013-05-02. The Book of Woe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Gary Greenberg has become the Dante of our psychiatric age, and the DSM-5 is his Inferno.” —Errol Morris Since its debut in 1952, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has set down the “official” view on what constitutes mental illness. Homosexuality, for instance, was a mental illness until 1973. Each revision has created controversy, but the DSM-5 has taken fire for encouraging doctors to diagnose more illnesses—and to prescribe sometimes unnecessary or harmful medications. Respected author and practicing psychotherapist Gary Greenberg embedded himself in the war that broke out over the fifth edition, and returned with an unsettling tale. Exposing the deeply flawed process behind the DSM-5’s compilation, The Book of Woe reveals how the manual turns suffering into a commodity—and made the APA its own biggest beneficiary.
Vagueness in Psychiatry
Vagueness in Psychiatry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vagueness in Psychiatry write by Geert Keil. This book was released on 2017. Vagueness in Psychiatry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Blurred boundaries between the normal and the pathological are a recurrent theme in almost every publication concerned with the classification of mental disorders. Yet, systematic approaches that take into account discussions about vagueness are rare. This volume is the first in the psychiatry/philosophy literature to tackle this problem.
Practical Psychopharmacology
Practical Psychopharmacology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Practical Psychopharmacology write by Joseph F. Goldberg. This book was released on 2021-04-29. Practical Psychopharmacology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A practical guide translating clinical trials findings, across major psychiatric disorders, to devise tailored, evidence-based treatments.
Overdiagnosed
Overdiagnosed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Overdiagnosed write by H. Gilbert Welch. This book was released on 2012-01-03. Overdiagnosed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An exposé on Big Pharma and the American healthcare system’s zeal for excessive medical testing, from a nationally recognized expert More screening doesn’t lead to better health—but can turn healthy people into patients. Going against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening is the best preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a compelling counterargument that what we need are fewer, not more, diagnoses. Documenting the excesses of American medical practice that labels far too many of us as sick, Welch examines the social, ethical, and economic ramifications of a health-care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, most of whom will not benefit from treatment, might be harmed by it, and would arguably be better off without screening. Drawing on 25 years of medical practice and research on the effects of medical testing, Welch explains in a straightforward, jargon-free style how the cutoffs for treating a person with “abnormal” test results have been drastically lowered just when technological advances have allowed us to see more and more “abnormalities,” many of which will pose fewer health complications than the procedures that ostensibly cure them. Citing studies that show that 10% of 2,000 healthy people were found to have had silent strokes, and that well over half of men over age sixty have traces of prostate cancer but no impairment, Welch reveals overdiagnosis to be rampant for numerous conditions and diseases, including diabetes, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, gallstones, abdominal aortic aneuryisms, blood clots, as well as skin, prostate, breast, and lung cancers. With genetic and prenatal screening now common, patients are being diagnosed not with disease but with “pre-disease” or for being at “high risk” of developing disease. Revealing the economic and medical forces that contribute to overdiagnosis, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, excessive worry, and exorbitant costs, all while maintaining a balanced view of both the potential benefits and harms of diagnosis. Drawing on data, clinical studies, and anecdotes from his own practice, Welch builds a solid, accessible case against the belief that more screening always improves health care.
