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Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness
By Andrew Scull
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By Andrew Scull
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A Telegraph Book of the Year
A Washington Post Notable Work
A Times Book of the Year
A Hughes Award Finalist
“An indisputable masterpiece…comprehensive, fascinating, and persuasive.”
—Wall Street Journal
“Brimming with wisdom and brio, this masterful work spans the history of psychiatry. Exceedingly well-researched, wide-ranging, provocative in its conclusions, and magically compact, it is riveting from start to finish. Mark my words, Desperate Remedies will soon be a classic.”
—Susannah Cahalan, ...
A Washington Post Notable Work
A Times Book of the Year
A Hughes Award Finalist
“An indisputable masterpiece…comprehensive, fascinating, and persuasive.”
—Wall Street Journal
“Brimming with wisdom and brio, this masterful work spans the history of psychiatry. Exceedingly well-researched, wide-ranging, provocative in its conclusions, and magically compact, it is riveting from start to finish. Mark my words, Desperate Remedies will soon be a classic.”
—Susannah Cahalan, ...