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Leemour t1_ir0t8h2 wrote

I think the author would have had a more interesting discussion/discourse if the inclusion of sociology were to have happened. Sociology is a field of study that fundamentally points out flaws and curiosities in our society, which very often find the Emperor being naked. Thus the right wing propaganda machines vehemently demonize the field from gender study "nonsense" to "useless hippy courses" at universities, even though the one and only sin of theirs is to point out the holes in ideologies that seek to normalize our state of inequality.

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No_Bison_3116 OP t1_ir1dsj2 wrote

Two fields dominate finding and pointing out general truths : philosophy and science but their methods are different. So it is not smart to mix Social Science and philosophy unless you are dealing with Marxism which is more than just a philosophy. He did mention Marxism but it wasn't his focus.

Also, there are plenty of sociological works critical of Psychiatry already and I would recommend "Psychiatric Hegemony : A Marxist Theory of Mental of Mental Illness" by Bruce M.Z. Cohen.

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SHG098 t1_ir51i29 wrote

Ty. What other reading critical of psych (inc the wider mental health professions) would you recommend?

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No_Bison_3116 OP t1_ir57ffu wrote

Troubled Persons Industries : The Expansion of Psychiatric Categories beyond Psychiatry by Martin Harbusch

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker

Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs By Stuart A. Kirk, Tomi Gomory and David Cohen

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