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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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DSM and the Shaping of Depression
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The Ills of Health
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Searching for Signs
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Epilogue
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Back Matter
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“The author has taken the subject of medicalisation to a whole new level by demonstrating how a distorted judgment and overzealous diagnosis … the recognised coin of the realm—not only distorts the calculation of harms and benefits but negatively affects a patient’s health and well-being through the power of suggestion. … he has brilliantly demonstrated how the over-prescription of psychoactive drugs has taken place under the auspices of the DSM and distorted the calculation of risks and benefits.” (John S. Haller, Jr., Medical History, Vol. 61 (1), 2017)
“The Nocebo Effect is both thought provoking and groundbreaking. … The book is unique in surveying the extent and impact of medicalization of both physical and mental health. … This work is essential reading for any practitioner supporting someone with a psychiatric diagnosis, and for those in third sector and policy-making bodies so they can legitimately assess the impact of their work.” (Claire Powell and Jo Thompson, The Journal of Critical Psychology, Vol. 16 (1), 2016)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Nocebo Effect
Book Subtitle: Overdiagnosis and Its Costs
Authors: Stewart Justman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137523297
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52328-0Published: 11 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-57677-7Published: 09 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52329-7Published: 30 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 272
Topics: Medical Sociology, History of Medicine, Sociology, general, History, general, History of Psychology