Psychiatric Hegemony : A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness

3: Psychiatric Hegemony: Mental Illness in Neoliberal Society Hegemony, Ideology, and Professional Power; The "Public Language" of the DSM-III; The Rise of Neoliberalism and Hegemonic Psychiatry; Bio-Power, Governance, and Psychiatric Hegemony; Summary; Bibliography; 4: Work: Enforcing Compliance; Moral Treatment and the Work Ethic; The "Humanisation" of Work; Case Study: Social Anxiety Disorder; Summary; Bibliography; 5: Youth: Medicalising Deviance; The Social Construction of Childhood; "Intelligence" Testing; The Rise of the Risky Kid;Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures and Tables; 1: Introduction: Thinking Critically About Mental Illness; Critical Scholarship on Mental Illness; Deconstructing the "Science" of Psychiatry; The Urgency for Marxist Theory; Summary; Bibliography; 2: Marxist Theory and Mental Illness: A Critique of Political Economy; Historical Materialism; Marxism, Medicine, and Mental Health; Industrialisation and the Mad Doctors; Biological Theory and Physical Treatments; The Drugs "Revolution"; Summary; Bibliography;Colonial Resistance and Psychiatry's "Civilising" Principle The Culture of Fear and the War without End; Summary; Bibliography; 8: Conclusion: Challenging the Psychiatric Hegemon; Towards Abolition; Challenging the Apologists; Bibliography; Appendix A: Methodology for Textual Analysis of the DSMs; Appendix B: Youth-Related Diagnostic Categories in the DSM, 1952-2013; Appendix C: "Feminised" Diagnostic Categories in the DSM, 1952-2013; Index;Education Factories and the Surveillance of the Future Workforce Case Study: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder; Summary; Bibliography; 6: Women: Reproducing Patriarchal Relations; The Division of Labour, Gender Roles, and the Rise of Biological Theory; Deviant Women and Physical "Treatments"; Neoliberalism and "Feminising" the DSM; Case Studies: Hysteria and Borderline Personality Disorder; Summary; Bibliography; 7: Resistance: Pathologising Dissent; Biomedicine and Psychiatry's War on Race; The Final Psychiatric Solution Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List Of Abbreviations; List Of Figures And Tables; 1: Introduction: Thinking Critically About Mental Illness; Critical Scholarship On Mental Illness; Deconstructing The Science Of Psychiatry; The Urgency For Marxist Theory; Summary; Bibliography; 2: Marxist Theory And Mental Illness: A Critique Of Political Economy; Historical Materialism; Marxism, Medicine, And Mental Health; Industrialisation And The Mad Doctors; Biological Theory And Physical Treatments; The Drugs Revolution; Summary; Bibliography 3: Psychiatric Hegemony: Mental Illness In Neoliberal Society Hegemony, Ideology, And Professional Power; The Public Language Of The Dsm-iii; The Rise Of Neoliberalism And Hegemonic Psychiatry; Bio-power, Governance, And Psychiatric Hegemony; Summary; Bibliography; 4: Work: Enforcing Compliance; Moral Treatment And The Work Ethic; The Humanisation Of Work; Case Study: Social Anxiety Disorder; Summary; Bibliography; 5: Youth: Medicalising Deviance; The Social Construction Of Childhood; Intelligence Testing; The Rise Of The Risky Kid Education Factories And The Surveillance Of The Future Workforce Case Study: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder; Summary; Bibliography; 6: Women: Reproducing Patriarchal Relations; The Division Of Labour, Gender Roles, And The Rise Of Biological Theory; Deviant Women And Physical Treatments; Neoliberalism And Feminising The Dsm; Case Studies: Hysteria And Borderline Personality Disorder; Summary; Bibliography; 7: Resistance: Pathologising Dissent; Biomedicine And Psychiatry's War On Race; The Final Psychiatric Solution Colonial Resistance And Psychiatry's Civilising Principle The Culture Of Fear And The War Without End; Summary; Bibliography; 8: Conclusion: Challenging The Psychiatric Hegemon; Towards Abolition; Challenging The Apologists; Bibliography; Appendix A: Methodology For Textual Analysis Of The Dsms; Appendix B: Youth-related Diagnostic Categories In The Dsm, 1952-2013; Appendix C: Feminised Diagnostic Categories In The Dsm, 1952-2013; Index Bruce M.z. Cohen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book offers a comprehensive Marxist critique of the business of mental health, demonstrating how the prerogatives of neoliberal capitalism for productive, self-governing citizens have allowed the discourse on mental illness to expand beyond the psychiatric institution into many previously untouched areas of public and private life including the home, school and the workplace. Through historical and contemporary analysis of psy-professional knowledge-claims and practices, Bruce Cohen shows how the extension of psychiatric authority can only be fully comprehended through the systematic theorising of power relations within capitalist society. From schizophrenia and hysteria to Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder, from spinning chairs and lobotomies to shock treatment and antidepressants, from the incarceration of working class women in the nineteenth century to the torture of prisoners of the ‘war on terror’ in the twenty-first, Psychiatric Hegemony is an uncompromising account of mental health ideology in neoliberal society. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction: Thinking Critically About Mental Illness....Pages 1-25 Marxist Theory and Mental Illness: A Critique of Political Economy....Pages 27-67 Psychiatric Hegemony: Mental Illness in Neoliberal Society....Pages 69-96 Work: Enforcing Compliance....Pages 97-111 Youth: Medicalising Deviance....Pages 113-138 Women: Reproducing Patriarchal Relations....Pages 139-168 Resistance: Pathologising Dissent....Pages 169-204 Conclusion: Challenging the Psychiatric Hegemon....Pages 205-212 Back Matter....Pages 213-241