Started: 6/15/09
Finished: 6/22/09
Year: 2000
Pages: 293
Genre: Non-Fiction/Psychiatry
Grade: C
Reason for reading: grabbed off the TBR shelf
Blurb (from back cover): "In this groundbreaking book, T.M. Luhrmann penetrates the mysterious culture of psychiatry, showing how psychiatrists learn to undertand people as they do, and how the enormous ambiguities in the field affect both practitioners and patients. Drawing on her extensive interviews with doctors and patients, as well as years of investigative fieldwork in residency programs and private and state psychiatric hospitals, Luhrmann illuminates a compelling profession.
"At a time when psychiatry is beset by a struggle between those who argue for the primacy of the brain and those who believe the mind is supreme, when mood-altering drugs have revolutionized treatments and medical insurers are forcing caregivers to forsake talk therapy for drug therapy, Lyhrmann's witty, sharp, and soulful study is both necessary and inspiring."
Opinion: This wasn't what I thought it was going to be like. It was long and drawn out but still pointed out a lot of important points.
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