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This leading clinical psychologist reveals the shocking truths behind the system of mental health care in the West, and argues for a new future which considers the patient as an individual and redefines our understanding and treatment of madness in the 21st century.
Synopsis
Why is the Western world's treatment of mental illness so flawed? Who really benefits from psychiatry? And why would a patient in Nigeria have a much greater chance of recovery than one in the UK? This title reveals the truths behind the system of mental health care in the West.
