Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry by Jeffrey A. Lieberman

Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry

Jeffrey A. Lieberman

329 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
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The fascinating story of psychiatry's origins, demise, and redemption, by the former President of the American Psychiatric Association. Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining "lunatics" in cold cells and parading them as freakis...

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