Andrew Scull’s most recent book, Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness (Harvard University Press), has just been published in paperback.
Andrew Scull
Articles
How Anecdotes Sell Drugs: On the 30th Anniversary Edition of Peter Kramer’s “Listening to Prozac”
Andrew Scull critiques the cultural influence of Peter Kramer’s 1993 book “Listening to Prozac.”
“Scientific Nightmare”: The Backstory of the “DSM”
Andrew Scull gives stellar marks to Allan Horwitz’s history of the DSMs.
De-Nazifying the “DSM”: On “Asperger’s Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna”
Edith Sheffer’s book on the history of autism is an impressive piece of historical detective work.
Delusions of Progress: Psychiatry’s Diagnostic Manual
Andrew Scull on "The Book of Woe."
Psychiatry’s Legitimacy Crisis
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