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    No Such Thing as Normal: Disorders, Diagnoses, and the Limits of Psychiatry

    Marieke Bigg

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    Exposing the false promises of psychiatry and the crumbling foundations on which it was built

    Psychiatry rests on the belief that mental distress can ultimately be explained by biology: brain structures, chemical imbalances and genetics. Treatments from lobotomies to electroconvulsive therapy to prescription drugs have been touted as cures for 'disorder'. And somewhere along the way, the pharmaceutical industry has leapfrogged its patients, making millions designing drugs to treat disorders, then billions dreaming up disorders that require drugs.

    We are now diagnosed and treated for mental disorders more than ever, despite increasing evidence that environmental factors play a far greater role than biological ones. Laying out the steps for a mental health system that helps rather than harms, Marieke Bigg asks: how can we heal when faced with an industry that banks on keeping us sick?

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    Praise for No Such Thing as Normal

    • She is balanced in her evidence analysis, forensic in her research - Telegraph

    • A vital subject that needs to be discussed - Katy Hessel, author of THE STORY OF ART WITHOUT MEN

    • A hugely informative and quietly furious call to arms - Irish Times

    • A valuable sociological perspective on women's bodies and health and an even more valuable (and optimistic) view of a better future for all - Gina Rippon, author of THE GENDERED BRAIN

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    Marieke Bigg

    Marieke Bigg

    Marieke Bigg holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Cambridge where her research focused on the role of biological models in society. She is currently retraining as a psychotherapist and works as a peer support coordinator at the mental health charity Mind.

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