Inscription, Diagnosis, Deception and the Mental Health Industry How
The Psy complex governs us all by inscribing, diagnosing and interfering in our lives. This volume takes historical, sociological and psychological perspectives in exploring the complicity of patients, professions and governments with Psy and attempts by
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Also by Craig Newnes CHILDREN IN SOCIETY: POLITICS, POLICIES AND INTERVENTIONS (editor) CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY A Critical Examination MAKING AND BREAKING CHILDREN’S LIVES (co-editor) SPIRITUALITY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY (co-editor) THIS IS MADNESS TOO A Further Critical Look at Mental Health Services (co-editor) THIS IS MADNESS A Critical Look at Psychiatry and the Future of Mental Health Services (co-editor) DEATH, DYING AND SOCIETY (editor)
Inscription, Diagnosis, Deception and the Mental Health Industry How Psy Governs Us All Craig Newnes Independent Scholar
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ISBN 978-0-230-29367-0 DOI 10.1057/9781137312969
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This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Newnes, Craig. Inscription, diagnosis, deception and the mental health industry : how Psy governs us all / Craig Newnes, Independent scholar. pages cm 1. Clinical psychology. RC466.8N49 2015 616.89 14—dc23
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Contents
Acknowledgements
viii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
ix
Introduction
1
1 Thou Shalt Not Kill
5
2 The “Service Wounds”
17
3 Labelling and Languaging the Other
28
4 Rejection: Exclusion and Incarceration
45
5 Assault as Treatment
57
6 The Oblivion Express: Big Pharma
81
7 A Mouthful of Air: Talking Therapies a
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