Intersecting Ideas

#11 - Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness

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Mike sits down with Dr. Scull, a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies from the University of California San Diego to discuss his latest book, Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness. We cover the following topics:

Intro. - Dr. Scull's background 

  1. History of mental asylums (Begins at 8:20)
  2. People with serious mental illness have been unusually vulnerable to therapeutic experimentation
  3. Women and the marginalized were targets for experimentation
  4. Community care is a sham
  5. Crisis facing Contemporary psychiatry

    6. Link to Dr. Scull bio. 

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