A Prescription for Psychiatry: Why We Need a Whole New Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing Front Cover P. Kinderman

A Prescription for Psychiatry lays bare the flaws and failings of traditional mental health care and offers a radical alternative. Exposing the old-fashioned biological 'disease model' of psychiatry as unscientific and unhelpful, it calls for a revolution in the way we plan and deliver care. Kinderman challenges the way we think about mental health problems, arguing that the origins of distress are largely social, and urges a change from a 'disease model' to a 'psychosocial model'. The book persuasively argues that we should significantly reduce our use of psychiatric medication, and help should be tailored to each person's unique needs. This is a manifesto for an entirely new approach to psychiatric care; one that truly offers care rather than coercion, therapy rather than medication, and a return to the common sense appreciation that distress is usually an understandable reaction to life's challenges. Book jacket Front Matter....Pages i-vi Introduction: The Disease Model of Mental Health: A System in Crisis....Pages 1-29 Get the Message Right: A Psychosocial Model of Mental Health and Well-being....Pages 30-47 Understand, Don’t Diagnose....Pages 48-82 The Drugs Don’t Work ... So Offer Real Solutions....Pages 83-101 Promote Health and Well-being....Pages 102-125 Residential Care ... Not Medical Coercion....Pages 126-143 Teamworking....Pages 144-155 Social and Community Services in Local Authority Management....Pages 156-174 Can We Afford It?....Pages 175-185 A Manifesto for the Reform of Mental Health and Well-being Services....Pages 186-192 Back Matter....Pages 193-212 "Cover"--"Half-Title" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Introduction: The Disease Model of Mental Health: A System in Crisis" -- "1 Get the Message Right: A Psychosocial Model of Mental Health and Well-being" -- "2 Understand, Donâ#x80;#x99;t Diagnose" -- "3 The Drugs Donâ#x80;#x99;t Work â#x80;Œ So Offer Real Solutions" -- "4 Promote Health and Well-being" -- "5 Residential Care â#x80;Œ Not Medical Coercion" -- "6 Teamworking" -- "7 Social and Community Services in Local Authority Management" -- "8 Can We Afford It?" -- "9 A Manifesto for the Reform of Mental Health and Well-being Services" -- "Notes."