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PublisherDana Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-101932594396
ISBN-139781932594393
eBay Product ID (ePID)66265653
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Number of Pages300 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTry to Remember : Psychiatry's Clash over Meaning, Memory, and Mind
SubjectGeneral, Psychiatry / General
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPsychology, Medical
AuthorPaul R. Mchugh
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight20.9 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-036331
Reviews"As well as admirably empathetic accounts of troubling case studies and enjoyable subtle demolitions of rival 'colleagues,' the book offers a polemical primer on competing schools of thought in psychiatry over the last half-century. Lest the abuses he documents irreparably damage the reputation of psychotherapy, McHugh concludes, his profession ought to take a rigorously empirical approach to mental health, and cast out 'therapies built on suspicion.'"--Steven Poole, Guardian (UK), "Dr. McHugh has rendered a valuable service by describing the lamentable failture of self-criticism of doctors and therapists, some of them motivated by ideological zeal and others by hope of gain--and some, of course, by both. He has also given us a timely warning that we may expect further such episodes of popular delusion and the madness of crowds unless we straighten out our thoughts about the way our minds work--or, if that is not possible, at least about how they don''t work."--Wall Street Journal, "Paul McHugh documents some of the absurd concepts introduced into psychiatry . . . his book is of equal interest to those outside the healing professions as it is to those within them."-- Sir David Goldberg, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK, "America''s premier pioneering biological psychiatrist Paul McHugh blows the whistle on sloppy and trendy thinking in psychiatry. . . . A must read."--Michael S. Gazzaniga, Ph.D., author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique, "Never has psychiatry been so simultaneously inundated with real science and with so much pseudoscience. . . . McHugh explains to uninitiated readers how he learned to tell the difference and where many of his colleagues went wrong."-- Alan Stone, M.D. Professor of Law and Psychiatry, Harvard University, "Of all the mad ideas that have swept through the practice of psychiatry since Freud first undertook to map the unconscious, probably none has resulted in more cruelty to patients and their loved ones than those that led to the Recovered Memory Movement and its adjunct disease, Multiple Personality Disorder. . . . Paul McHugh is a healer."-Midge Decter, author of An Old Wife's Tale, "Readers of this splendid book will not forget its central lesson: If psychotherapists do not learn from their colossal mistakes, they will surely repeat them."-Carol Tavris, Ph.D., co-author of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me), "Of all the mad ideas that have swept through the practice of psychiatry since Freud first undertook to map the unconscious, probably none has resulted in more cruelty to patients and their loved ones than those that led to the Recovered Memory Movement and its adjunct disease, Multiple Personality Disorder. . . . Paul McHugh is a healer."--Midge Decter, author of An Old Wife's Tale, " Try to Remember is a riveting account of his battle against the repressed memory movement. It is also a passionate plea for psychiatry as a humane science, grounded in evidence, and focused on helping people in the here and now."--Michael J. Sandel, author of The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, "America'''s premier pioneering biological psychiatrist Paul McHugh blows the whistle on sloppy and trendy thinking in psychiatry. . . . A must read."-Michael S. Gazzaniga, Ph.D., author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique, "This is the absorbing, never-before-told story of how a cult of Freudian psychiatrists went on a witch-hunt across America ... before a small band of scientists risked their reputations and livelihoods to expose the cult for what it was: a wacky pack a quacks."--Tom Wolfe, " Try to Remember is a riveting account of his battle against the repressed memory movement. It is also a passionate plea for psychiatry as a humane science, grounded in evidence, and focused on helping people in the here and now."-Michael J. Sandel, author of The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, "McHugh's account, by his own admission, is deeply personal. It is also deeply disturbing. Vulnerable patients were drugged, hypnotized and otherwise manipulated into concocting stories. Scientific method was thrown to the wind. And practitioners behaved badly--very badly."-- Globe and Mail, "Readers of this splendid book will not forget its central lesson: If psychotherapists do not learn from their colossal mistakes, they will surely repeat them."--Carol Tavris, Ph.D., co-author of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me), "Dr. McHugh has rendered a valuable service by describing the lamentable failture of self-criticism of doctors and therapists, some of them motivated by ideological zeal and others by hope of gain-and some, of course, by both. He has also given us a timely warning that we may expect further such episodes of popular delusion and the madness of crowds unless we straighten out our thoughts about the way our minds work-or, if that is not possible, at least about how they don''t work."-Theodore Dalrymple, Wall Street Journal, "This is the absorbing, never-before-told story of how a cult of Freudian psychiatrists went on a witch-hunt across America … before a small band of scientists risked their reputations and livelihoods to expose the cult for what it was: a wacky pack a quacks."-Tom Wolfe, "America''s premier pioneering biological psychiatrist Paul McHugh blows the whistle on sloppy and trendy thinking in psychiatry. . . . A must read."-Michael S. Gazzaniga, Ph.D., author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique, "Dr. McHugh has rendered a valuable service by describing the lamentable failture of self-criticism of doctors and therapists, some of them motivated by ideological zeal and others by hope of gain--and some, of course, by both. He has also given us a timely warning that we may expect further such episodes of popular delusion and the madness of crowds unless we straighten out our thoughts about the way our minds work--or, if that is not possible, at least about how they don't work."--Theodore Dalrymple, Wall Street Journal, "Engagingly written and accessible to a wide audience . . . a gold mine of fresh insights and constructive suggestions concerning how we can improve our system of psychiatric diagnosis."--Richard J. McNally, Ph.D., author of Remembering Trauma, "McHugh''s account, by his own admission, is deeply personal. It is also deeply disturbing. Vulnerable patients were drugged, hypnotized and otherwise manipulated into concocting stories. Scientific method was thrown to the wind. And practitioners behaved badly--very badly."-- Globe and Mail, "This is the absorbing, never-before-told story of how a cult of Freudian psychiatrists went on a witch-hunt across America . before a small band of scientists risked their reputations and livelihoods to expose the cult for what it was: a wacky pack a quacks."-Tom Wolfe, "Try to Remember is a riveting account of his battle against the repressed memory movement. It is also a passionate plea for psychiatry as a humane science, grounded in evidence, and focused on helping people in the here and now."-Michael J. Sandel, author of The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, "Never has psychiatry been so simultaneously inundated with real science and with so much pseudoscience. . . . McHugh explains to uninitiated readers how he learned to tell the difference and where many of his colleagues went wrong."- Alan Stone, M.D. Professor of Law and Psychiatry, Harvard University, "As well as admirably empathetic accounts of troubling case studies and enjoyable subtle demolitions of rival ''colleagues,'' the book offers a polemical primer on competing schools of thought in psychiatry over the last half-century. Lest the abuses he documents irreparably damage the reputation of psychotherapy, McHugh concludes, his profession ought to take a rigorously empirical approach to mental health, and cast out ''therapies built on suspicion.''"--Steven Poole, Guardian (UK), "Paul McHugh documents some of the absurd concepts introduced into psychiatry . . . his book is of equal interest to those outside the healing professions as it is to those within them."- Sir David Goldberg, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK, "Engagingly written and accessible to a wide audience . . . a gold mine of fresh insights and constructive suggestions concerning how we can improve our system of psychiatric diagnosis."-Richard J. McNally, Ph.D., author of Remembering Trauma
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal616.89/14
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Meeting the Issue Chapter 2 The Path Less Traveled Chapter 3 Appraising the Problem Chapter 4 Joining the Contest Chapter 5 Fighting for Danny Smith Chapter 6 The Scope of Suspicion Chapter 7 Moving from Defense to Offense Chapter 8 Getting to Know Patients Chapter 9 Making Sense of DSM Chapter 10 What Is Meant by Hysteria ? Chapter 11 Words, Words, Mere Words Chapter 12 The Move to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Chapter 13 Making Sense of Psychotherapy Chapter 14 The "Conflict" and the "Deficit" Psychotherapies Epilogue Notes Suggested Reading Index
SynopsisIn the 1990s a disturbing trend emerged in psychotherapy: patients began accusing their parents and other close relatives of sexual abuse, as a result of false recovered memories urged onto them by therapists practicing new methods of treatment. The subsequent loss of public confidence in psychotherapy was devastating to psychiatrist Paul R. McHugh, and with "Try to Remember," he looks at what went wrong and describes what must be done to restore psychotherapy to a more honored and useful place in therapeutic treatment.In this thought-provoking account, McHugh explains why trendy diagnoses and misguided treatments have repeatedly taken over psychotherapy. He recounts his participation in court battles that erupted over diagnoses of recovered memories and the frequent companion diagnoses of multiple-personality disorders. He also warns that diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder today may be perpetuating a similar misdirection, thus exacerbating the patients suffering. He argues that both the public and psychiatric professionals must raise their standards for psychotherapy, in order to ensure that the incorrect designation of memory as the root cause of disorders does not occur again. Psychotherapy, McHugh ultimately shows, is a valuable healing method and at the very least an important adjunct treatment to the numerous psychopharmaceuticals that flood the drug market today.An urgent call to arms for patients and therapists alike, "Try to Remember" delineates the difference between good and bad psychiatry and challenges us to reconsider psychotherapy as the most effective way to heal troubled minds.", In the 1990s a disturbing trend emerged in psychotherapy: patients began accusing their parents and other close relatives of sexual abuse, as a result of false "recovered memories" urged onto them by therapists practicing new methods of treatment. The subsequent loss of public confidence in psychotherapy was devastating to psychiatrist Paul R. McHugh, and with Try to Remember , he looks at what went wrong and describes what must be done to restore psychotherapy to a more honored and useful place in therapeutic treatment. In this thought-provoking account, McHugh explains why trendy diagnoses and misguided treatments have repeatedly taken over psychotherapy. He recounts his participation in court battles that erupted over diagnoses of recovered memories and the frequent companion diagnoses of multiple-personality disorders. He also warns that diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder today may be perpetuating a similar misdirection, thus exacerbating the patients' suffering. He argues that both the public and psychiatric professionals must raise their standards for psychotherapy, in order to ensure that the incorrect designation of memory as the root cause of disorders does not occur again. Psychotherapy, McHugh ultimately shows, is a valuable healing method--and at the very least an important adjunct treatment--to the numerous psychopharmaceuticals that flood the drug market today. An urgent call to arms for patients and therapists alike, Try to Remember delineates the difference between good and bad psychiatry and challenges us to reconsider psychotherapy as the most effective way to heal troubled minds.
LC Classification NumberRC455.2.F35M35 2008
