Taking America Off Drugs by Stephen Ray Flora A few weeks ago, in a comment, A Behaviorist Fan recommended the above book to me.  It came out in 2007, and I don’t know how I missed it at the time.  But I’ve read it now and it’s a superb piece of work. Definitely a must… Continue Reading

Manufacturing Depression, by Gary Greenberg An excellent account of the history of the psychiatric concept of depression.  Dr. Greenberg provides a fairly unique perspective, as he is an experienced psychotherapist who has had some personal experience with depression.  In his writing he draws material from both sides of the desk.  He also identifies and discusses… Continue Reading

Unhinged, by Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat is a psychiatrist who has written something of an exposé of the abuses that reside within the psychiatric profession.  Many of his chapters echo topics that have been addressed frequently on this blog.  Dr. Carlat still clings to the notion that problem behaviors can be accurately conceptualized as… Continue Reading