Typhus, Tattoos, and Waterbeds.
The Psychiatric Bible and the Dangers of Misdiagnosis.
Bad Medicine.
Prescription Junkies.
What's Really Wrong with You?
Talk Soup Can Make You Sick.
How to Protect Yourself, and Those You Love, from Misdiagnosis.
"But I'm Not a Patient!" Where Do We Go From Here?
References.
Index.
SYDNEY WALKER III, M.D., is a board-certified neuropsychiatrist, Director of the Southern California Neuropsychiatric Institute, and founder of Behavioral Neurology International.
Walker, director of Southern California's Neuropsychiatric Institute, here argues that clinicians should not rely exclusively on standard psychiatric labels. He contends that labels such as depression, hyperactivity, etc., often hide medically treatable disorders. He notes a trend in psychiatry to lump individuals under broad categorical labels, e.g., mental retardation, which often obscures the specific problems. Drawing upon 30 years of clinical experience, he cites cases illustrating the fallibility of psychiatric labeling. Walker writes that the current diagnostic system survives because of its support from the American Psychiatric Association, drug companies, and managed care providers. This thought-provoking book is an effective complement to Peter Kramer's Listening to Prozac (LJ 5/1/93). Recommended for public and academic libraries.‘Dennis Glenn Twiggs, Winston-Salem, N.C.
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