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No_Bison_3116 OP t1_ir1dsj2 wrote

Reply to comment by Leemour in Spinoza, Marx and Psychiatry by No_Bison_3116

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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