Mad in America

Insane Medicine

Mad In America is publishing a serialized version of Sami Timimi’s book, Insane Medicine: How the Mental Health Industry Creates Damaging Treatment Traps and How You Can Escape Them. Each week, a new section will be published on this page. The book is now available for purchase as an ebook or paperback at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VD3N5MF.

Preface: Why I Wrote This Book and What It’s About

Chapter 1: The Medical Model of Mental Health Is Finished

Chapter 2: The Scientism of Psychiatry (Part 1)

Chapter 2: The Scientism of Psychiatry (Part 2)

Chapter 3: The Manufacture of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (Part 1)

Chapter 3: The Manufacture of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (Part 2)

Chapter 4: The Manufacture of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (Part 1)

Chapter 4: The Manufacture of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (Part 2)

Chapter 5: The Manufacture of Childhood Depression (Part 1)

Chapter 5: The Manufacture of Childhood Depression (Part 2)

Chapter 6: Neoliberalism and the Compare-and-Compete Society

Chapter 7: Industrialised Psychotherapy Markets Western Folk Psychology (Part 1)

Chapter 7: Industrialised Psychotherapy Markets Western Folk Psychology (Part 2)

Chapter 8: Treatment Traps and How to Get Out of Them (Part 1)

Chapter 8: Treatment Traps and How to Get Out of Them (Part 2)

Chapter 9: The Worried Parent (Part 1)

Chapter 9: The Worried Parent (Part 2)

Chapter 10: The Paradigm Shift Is Inevitable

Epilogue