Desperate Remedies by Andrew Scull

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/213994 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Desperate Remedies Author: Andrew Scull Narrator: Jonathan Keeble Format: mp3 Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins Release date: 04-19-22 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 4 ratings Genres: History Publisher's Summary: In this clear-sighted and provocative exploration of psychiatry, acclaimed sociologist Andrew Scull traces the history of its attempts to understand and mitigate mental illness: from the age of the asylum and unimaginable surgical and chemical interventions, through the rise and fall of Freud and the talking cure and on to our own time of drug companies and antidepressants. Through it all, Scull argues, the often vain and rash attempts to come to terms with the enigma of mental disorder have frequently resulted in dire consequences for the patient.