Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry
Jeffrey A. Lieberman, Ogi OgasPsychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining "lunatics" in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping public. But, as Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, reveals in his extraordinary and eye-opening book, the path to legitimacy for "the black sheep of medicine" has been anything but smooth.
In Shrinks, Dr. Lieberman traces the field from its birth as a mystic pseudo-science through its adolescence as a cult of "shrinks" to its late blooming maturity — beginning after World War II — as a science-driven profession that saves lives. With fascinating case studies and portraits of the luminaries of the field - from Sigmund Freud to Eric Kandel — Shrinks is a gripping and illuminating read, and an urgent call-to-arms to dispel the stigma surrounding mental illness & to start treating it as a disease rather than a state of mind.
Over his 40-year career, world renowned psychiatrist & best-selling author Dr. Jeffrey A. Lieberman’s groundbreaking research on the neurobiology & pharmacology of behavioral brain disorders has advanced our understanding & treatment of mental illness, & pioneered a transformative strategy for the early detection & prevention of schizophrenia. He is the author of Malady of the Mind: Schizophrenia & the Path to Prevention (Scribner; on sale: Feb. 21, 2023)
Ogi Ogas: Neuroscientist & former director of the Dark Horse Project at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education