{"product_id":"shrinks-the-untold-story-of-psychiatry-paperback","title":"Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey A. Lieberman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOgi Ogas\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the PBS series \u003ci\u003eMysterious of Mental Illness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShrinks\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly tells the \"astonishing\" story of psychiatry's origins, demise, and redemption (Siddhartha Mukherjee). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePsychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining \"lunatics\" in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping public. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut, as Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, the former president of the American Psychiatric Association, reveals in his extraordinary and eye-opening book, the path to legitimacy for \"the black sheep of medicine\" has been anything but smooth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShrinks\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Lieberman traces the field from its birth as a mystic pseudo-science through its adolescence as a cult of \"shrinks\" to its late blooming maturity -- beginning after World War II -- as a science-driven profession that saves lives. With fascinating case studies and portraits of the luminaries of the field -- from Sigmund Freud to Eric Kandel -- \u003ci\u003eShrinks\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping and illuminating read, and an urgent call-to-arms to dispel the stigma of mental illnesses by treating them as diseases rather than unfortunate states of mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A lucid popular history...At once skeptical and triumphalist. It shows just how far psychiatry has come.\" --Julia M. Klein, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey A. Lieberman, MD\u003c\/b\u003e, is the Lawrence C. Kolb Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Formerly the President of the American Psychiatric Association, in 2000 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45334021406822,"sku":"9780316278980","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RW9NV2V4UjlncWFLd2ZIc0s2MGJ2Zz09.webp?v=1774475209","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/shrinks-the-untold-story-of-psychiatry-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}