Peddling Mental Disorder

Lawrie Reznek is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto and has written a number of books on the philosophical foundations of psychiatry.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Fundamental QuestionOne • Snake Oil PsychiatryAre Psychiatrists Quacks?Peddling Mental DisorderDisease MongeringThe Creation of Spurious EpidemicsTwo • The Influence of Big PharmaThe Selling of PsychiatryThe Corruption of Data and the Suicide ScandalTurning Psychiatrists into QuacksThree • The Nature of Mental DisorderDiseases Are ExplanationsWhen Is a Mental Disorder Not a Disorder?Four • The Creation of ­DSM-IIIUnreliable DiagnosesAbuse of Psychiatric DiagnosisThe ­Antipsychiatry MovementPsychoanalysis Is UnscientificThe ­DSM-III SolutionFive • The Dangers of ­DSM-IIIMedicalization and the Expandability of DSMThe Myth of Political NeutralityThe Sacrifice of UnderstandingThe Death of Clinical JudgmentPlaying into the Hands of the Pharmaceutical IndustrySix • Ordinary Sadness versus Major DepressionA Short History of Melancholic DepressionThe ­DSM-III DefinitionOverdiagnosing DepressionThe End of SadnessCreating a Drug Dependent SocietyThe Creation of Subclinical Depressive DisorderDSM-5 and the End of GriefSeven • Shyness versus Social Anxiety DisorderThe Demise of Anxiety NeurosisBranding a ConditionThe Invention of Social PhobiaThe Epidemic of Social Anxiety DisorderDSM-5 Fans the EpidemicThe Marketing of PaxilEight • Boisterous Boys versus Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderA Terrible SynergyFrom MBD to ADHDThe Manufacture of an EpidemicDSM-5 Fuels the EpidemicPushing Drugs Onto ChildrenAdults Join the MarketAn Alternative PictureNine • Female Woes versus Premenstrual Dysphoric DisorderNew Bottles for Old WineThe Invention of Premenstrual Dysphoric DisorderDirect to Consumer AdvertisingPMDD Comes of Age in DSM-5Ten • Mood Swings versus Bipolar DisorderA Very Brief History of ­Manic-DepressionDSM-III and the Bipolar EpidemicBorderline Personality Disorder as Bipolar DisorderBipolar Disorder in ChildrenBig Pharma in the Ivory TowerThe DSM-5 CompromiseForgetting the ContextConclusion: The Future of PsychiatryIn a NutshellRecommendationsHow to Climb Off the TigerChapter NotesBibliography Index