The future of mental health : deconstructing the mental disordifer paradigm

"The Future of Mental Health drills to the heart of the current mental health crisis, where hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide receive unwarranted "mental disorder diagnoses." It paints a picture of how mental health providers can improve their practices to better serve individuals in distress and outlines necessary steps for a mental health revolution. Eric Maisel's goal is to inject more human interaction into the therapeutic process. Maisel powerfully deconstructs the "mental disorder" paradigm that is the foundation of current mental health practices. The author presents a revolutionary alternative, a "human experience" paradigm. He sheds a bright light on the differences between so-called "psychiatric medication" and mere chemicals with powerful effects, explains why the DSM-5 is silent on causes, silent on treatment, and wedded to illegitimate "symptom pictures." Maisel describes powerful helping alternatives like communities of care, and explains why one day "human experience specialists" may replace current mental health professionals. An important book for both service providers and service users, The Future of Mental Health brilliantly unmasks current mental health practices and goes an important step further: it describes what we are obliged to do in order to secure better mental health services?and better mental health?for everyone."--Provided by publisher.;Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 Our Human Experience; 2 The Naturalness of Distress; 3 Jettisoning Normal; 4 Rethinking Diagnosis; 5 What Shall We Call You?; 6 The Mental Disorder Labeling Fraud; 7 Chemicals versus Medication; 8 On Meds; 9 On Cause and Effect; 10 Life Purpose, Meaning, and Value; 11 Setting the Bar; 12 The Human E xperience Specialist; 13 Twelve Shifts for Professionals; 14 Institutions and Communities of Care; 15 The Mental Disorders of Childhood; 16 Understanding Madness -- 17 Alternatives to Diagnosis. "The Future of Mental Health drills to the heart of the current mental health crisis, where hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide receive unwarranted "mental disordifer diagnoses." It paints a picture of how mental health providifers can improve their practices to better serve individuals in distress and outlines necessary steps for a mental health revolution. Eric Maisel's goal is to inject more human interaction into the therapeutic process. Maisel powerfully deconstructs the "mental disordifer" paradigm that is the foundation of current mental health practices. The author presents a revolutionary alternative, a "human experience" paradigm. He sheds a bright light on the differences between so-called "psychiatric medication" and mere chemicals with powerful effects, explains why the DSM-5 is silent on causes, silent on treatment, and wedded to illegitimate "symptom pictures." Maisel describes powerful helping alternatives like communities of care, and explains why one day "human experience specialists" may replace current mental health professionals. An important book for both service providifers and service users, The Future of Mental Health brilliantly unmasks current mental health practices and goes an important step further: it describes what we are obliged to do in ordifer to secure better mental health services?and better mental health?for everyone."--Provided by publisher The Future of Mental Health drills to the heart of the current mental health crisis, where hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide receive unwarranted "mental disorder diagnoses." It paints a picture of how mental health providers can improve their practices to better serve individuals in distress and outlines necessary steps for a mental health revolution. Eric Maisel's goal is to inject more human interaction into the therapeutic process.Maisel powerfully deconstructs the "mental disorder" paradigm that is the foundation of current mental health practices. The author presents a revolutionary alternative, a "human experience" paradigm. He sheds a bright light on the differences between so-called "psychiatric medication" and mere chemicals with powerful effects, explains why the DSM-5 is silent on causes, silent on treatment, and wedded to illegitimate "symptom pictures." Maisel describes powerful helping alternatives like communities of care, and explains why one day "human experience specialists" may replace current mental health professionals.An important book for both service providers and service users, The Future of Mental Health brilliantly unmasks current mental health practices and goes an important step further: it describes what we are obliged to do in order to secure better mental health services and better mental health for everyone. The Future of Mental Health drills to the heart of the current mental health crisis, where hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide receive unwarranted "mental disorder diagnoses." It paints a picture of how mental health providers can improve their practices to better serve individuals in distress and outlines necessary steps for a mental health revolution. Eric Maisel's goal is to inject more human interaction into the therapeutic process. Maisel powerfully deconstructs the "mental disorder" paradigm that is the foundation of current mental health practices. The author presents a revolutionary alternative, a "human experience" paradigm. He sheds a bright light on the differences between so-called "psychiatric medication" and mere chemicals with powerful effects, explains why the DSM-5 is silent on causes, silent on treatment, and wedded to illegitimate "symptom pictures." Maisel describes powerful helping alternatives like communities of care, and explains why one day "human experience specialists" may replace current mental health professionals.An important book for both service providers and service users, The Future of Mental Health brilliantly unmasks current mental health practices and goes an important step further: it describes what we are obliged to do in order to secure better mental health services and better mental health for everyone Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Introduction 1 Our Human Experience 2 The Naturalness of Distress 3 Jettisoning Normal 4 Rethinking Diagnosis 5 What Shall We Call You? 6 The Mental Disorder Labeling Fraud 7 Chemicals versus Medication 8 On Meds 9 On Cause and Effect 10 Life Purpose, Meaning, and Value 11 Setting the Bar 12 The Human E xperience Specialist 13 Twelve Shifts for Professionals 14 Institutions and Communities of Care 15 The Mental Disorders of Childhood 16 Understanding Madness -- 17 Alternatives to Diagnosis. 18 The Brooklyn Project19 Twenty Keys to a Mental Health Revolution 20 The Future of Your Mental Health Suggested Reading Index. Deconstructing the "mental disordifer" paradigm -- Symptom pictures and shopping catalogues -- Rethinking diagnosis -- Jettisoning normal -- On cause and effect -- Chemicals versus medication -- On meds -- What shall we call you? -- Our human experience -- The naturalness of distress -- Life purpose, meaning, and value -- Setting the bar -- The human experience specialist -- Twelve shifts for professionals -- Institutions and communities of care -- The "mental disordifers" of childhood -- Regarding "madness"--An alternative to diagnosis -- The Brooklyn project -- 20 keys to a mental health revolution -- The future of your mental health