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Manufacturing Victims: What the Psychology Industry is Doing to People (Paperback)

by Tana Dineen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Studio 9 Books; 3rd edition (2 Jan 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1552070328
  • ISBN-13: 978-1552070321
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 799,951 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Startling in scope and extremely well-researched and well-argued, this critique of contemporary psychology has gobe through three editions and twelve printings. It is a relevant and penetrating analysis of all that has gone wrong with the profession.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A breath of fresh air in the field of psychology, 17 Jan 2002
By Mr. N. Cresswell "Nathan Cresswell" (Essex, UK) - See all my reviews
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Manufacturing Victims stands alongside other fresh publications such as No Logo by Naomi Klein in that it takes a new stance on a subject that we all find ourselves engrossed in whether it be the TV psychologists from the likes of Big Brother or the fact that we ourselves attend regular sessions with an analyst.
Tana Dineen's main point is that it is now too easy, if not encouraged, to become a victim in some form or another. Dineen claims that there are now so many perceived theories to apply to victims that it has become impossible to effectively assist them. Moreso she argues that the world of pschyo-therapists and psychologists would actually like to prolong out status as a victim in order to allow their own businessess to flourish.

With fairly extensive evidence Dineen explains that the difference in recovery between "victims" who undergo therapy of some kind and those who don't is minimal. In fact conclusions actually point to the fact that those with supportive friends and family had a faster recovery than those in years of analysis.

Other subjects touched upon in the book include false memory syndrome where patients create their own memories of childhood and past events in order to solve their current difficulties.

References are also made to the proliferation of self-help books, tapes, videos and programmes that seek to help the victim in us all and give us something concrete to blaim for our failures rather than actually face up to reality.

Some might argue that the book is both cynical and bitter and yet I think the argument not strong enough to hold down an excellent read that forces you to think differently about our so-called friends in the field of pyschology.

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