The Future of Mental Health

✍ Scribed by Maisel, Eric

• Book ID: 110485061
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 289 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781412862615

✦ Synopsis

<p><em>The Future of Mental Health</em> drills to the heart of the current mental health crisis, where hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide receive unwarranted &ldquo;mental disorder diagnoses.&quot; 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&rsquo;s goal is to inject more human interaction into the therapeutic process.</p> <p>Maisel powerfully deconstructs the &ldquo;mental disorder&quot; paradigm that is the foundation of current mental health practices. The author presents a revolutionary alternative, a &ldquo;human experience&quot;paradigm. He sheds a bright light on the differences between so-called &ldquo;psychiatric medication&quot;and mere chemicals with powerful effects, explains why the DSM-5 is silent on causes, silent on treatment, and wedded to...