Great critiques of psychiatry, psychoanalysis & madness

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The Psychoanalytic Movement: The Cunning of Unreason
1.  The Psychoanalytic Movement: The Cunning of Unreason by Jose Brunner
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Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis
2.  Why Freud Was Wrong: Sin, Science and Psychoanalysis by Richard Webster
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Freud Evaluated: The Completed Arc
3.  Freud Evaluated: The Completed Arc by Malcolm Macmillan
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Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend
4.  Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend by Frederick C. Crews
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Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry
5.  Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry by Thomas Szasz
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Coercion as Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry
6.  Coercion as Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry by Thomas Szasz
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Psychiatry: The Science of Lies
7.  Psychiatry: The Science of Lies by Thomas Szasz
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The Myth of Mental Illness
8.  The Myth of Mental Illness by Thomas S. Szasz
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Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock and Biochemical Theories of the New Psychiatry
9.  Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock and Biochemical Theories of the New Psychiatry by Peter Breggin
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Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
10.  Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill by Robert Whitaker
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The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
11.  The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth by Professor of Psychology Irving Kirsch PhD
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Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease
12.  Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease by Gary Greenberg
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The Loss of Sadness: How psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder
13.  The Loss of Sadness: How psychiatry transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorder by Allan V. Horwitz
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Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression (Medicine, Culture, and History)
14.  Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression (Medicine, Culture, and History) by David Healy
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Madness: The Invention of an Idea (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
15.  Madness: The Invention of an Idea (Harper Perennial Modern Thought) by Michel Foucault
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Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1973-1974: Lectures at the College De France, 1973-1974 (Michel Foucault: Lectures at the Collège de France)
16.  Psychiatric Power: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1973-1974: Lectures at the College De France, 1973-1974 (Michel Foucault: Lectures at the Collège de France) by Michel Foucault
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History of Madness
17.  History of Madness by Michel Foucault
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Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates (Penguin Social Sciences)
18.  Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates (Penguin Social Sciences) by Erving Goffman
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Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
19.  Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman
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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
20.  Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker
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Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900
21.  Most Solitary of Afflictions: Madness and Society in Britain, 1700-1900 by Andrew Scull
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Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature
22.  Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature by Aaron T. Beck
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This is Madness: A Critical Look at Psychiatry and the Future of Mental Health Services
23.  This is Madness: A Critical Look at Psychiatry and the Future of Mental Health Services by Craig Newnes
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Madness: A Brief History
24.  Madness: A Brief History by Roy Porter
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Outsiders: Studies in Sociology of Deviance
25.  Outsiders: Studies in Sociology of Deviance by Howard S. Becker
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