A review by 11corvus11
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness by Andrew Scull

I cannot finish this. It is of immense importance and thoroughly well researched. But, about a third of the way through, I am finding that I cannot take the bombardment of horrors that these men enacted on their human patients and animal test subjects. I am left wondering how many men (and now women) still exist with this kind of callous disregard for others or such desperate need to be right that they will torture others rather than admit fault.

It might seem hypocritical for me to not finish, but then recommend this, but I do. I already knew about many of these things, and this book makes you feel it. If you're not familiar with these histories, you should be. I am curious about the rest of the book. I may come back to it another time when my brain is not already on fire.