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Doing Psychiatry Wrong

Doing Psychiatry Wrong 114 Book Reviews / Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 40 (2009) 107–125 Muller, R. J. (2008). Doing Psychiatry Wrong . New York: Th e Analytic Press, Taylor & Francis Group, xi + 136 pages, ISBN 978-0-88163-469-3, $29.95 (Paper). Reviewed by Stephen Rojcewicz, Silver Spring, MD. René J. Muller, a clinician with a background in emergency room evaluations and in writing accounts of these encounters for the monthly publication Psychiat- ric Times , has produced a book severely critiquing the current reliance of the psychiatric profession on biological psychiatry. Subtitling this book A Critical and Prescriptive Look at a Faltering Profession , he invites us to a critical and pre- scriptive look at psychiatry, and to a critical and prescriptive look at his own book as well. In his preface (p. ix), Muller states his purpose as that of showing that psychia- try is failing the fundamental Hippocratic injunction : “to help, or at least, to do no harm.” Not only, in his opinion, does psychiatry not help the majority of patients, it actually harms many of them. Muller then states that he will base much of his argument on his 10 years’ experience in evaluating psychiatric patients in hospital http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Brill

Doing Psychiatry Wrong

Rojcewicz, Stephen
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology , Volume 40 (1): 114 – Jan 1, 2009
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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0047-2662
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10.1163/156916209X412275
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114 Book Reviews / Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 40 (2009) 107–125 Muller, R. J. (2008). Doing Psychiatry Wrong . New York: Th e Analytic Press, Taylor & Francis Group, xi + 136 pages, ISBN 978-0-88163-469-3, $29.95 (Paper). Reviewed by Stephen Rojcewicz, Silver Spring, MD. René J. Muller, a clinician with a background in emergency room evaluations and in writing accounts of these encounters for the monthly publication Psychiat- ric Times , has produced a book severely critiquing the current reliance of the psychiatric profession on biological psychiatry. Subtitling this book A Critical and Prescriptive Look at a Faltering Profession , he invites us to a critical and pre- scriptive look at psychiatry, and to a critical and prescriptive look at his own book as well. In his preface (p. ix), Muller states his purpose as that of showing that psychia- try is failing the fundamental Hippocratic injunction : “to help, or at least, to do no harm.” Not only, in his opinion, does psychiatry not help the majority of patients, it actually harms many of them. Muller then states that he will base much of his argument on his 10 years’ experience in evaluating psychiatric patients in hospital

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Published: Jan 1, 2009

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