Allen Frances Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

A landmark work by a leading psychiatrist, this book delves into the national psyche, interpreting Donald J. Trump's rise as a reflection of deeper societal distress. It challenges the comforting notion that Trump is merely an anomaly, arguing instead that his ascent is a predictable symptom of a troubled society. The author posits that blaming Trump for our issues overlooks the underlying sickness that facilitated his rise. By labeling Trump as crazy, we evade confronting the broader craziness within our society. To regain sanity, we must first gain insight into ourselves. Drawing from his extensive experience, the author critiques modern American society's collective drift away from sanity and offers a prescription for reclaiming our bearings. As a past leader of the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM and an expert on psychiatric diagnosis, he has been central to discussions about Trump’s mental state, asserting that Trump is "bad, not mad." The critical question, he argues, is how the country could elect someone so unfit for leadership. This essential work provides a profound understanding of our national crisis and the path forward.

International Bestseller A deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of normality Anyone living a full, rich life experiences ups and downs, stresses, disappointments, sorrows, and setbacks. Today, however, millions of people who are really no more than "worried well" are being diagnosed as having a mental disorder and receiving unnecessary treatment. In Saving Normal, Allen Frances, one of the world's most influential psychiatrists, explains why stigmatizing a healthy person as mentally ill leads to unnecessary, harmful medications, the narrowing of horizons, the misallocation of medical resources, and the draining of the budgets of families and the nation. We also shift responsibility for our mental well-being away from our own naturally resilient brains and into the hands of "Big Pharma," who are reaping multi-billion-dollar profits. Frances cautions that the newest edition of the "bible of psychiatry," the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5), is turning our current diagnostic inflation into hyperinflation by converting millions of "normal" people into "mental patients." Saving Normal is a call to all of us to reclaim the full measure of our humanity.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision is the US standard for diagnosis by mental health clinicians and researchers, but is so excruciatingly comprehensive as to be relatively indigestible. The guide describes the overall landscape of the mother volume, annotates its diagnostic criteria to clarify them, facilitates differential diagnosis, indicates historical contexts and controversies underlying changes, and suggests some future directions for psychiatric classification. It covers the 2000 edition. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Een gids voor iedereen die meer wil weten over kenmerken en diagnose van psychische stoornissen. De publieksuitgave van DSM-IV, het handboek van de psychiater.