Book Review: Psychiatry's failed paradigm

Steve E. Levingston of the Washington Post writes that "the solution to mental illness has seemed to lie in application of drugs.  If a serious psychiatric disorder arises, the reasoning goes, it must be centered in the brain - and, the reasoning further assumes, the most successful treatment is a biological one."  Author Richard P. Bentall, a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Bangor in Wales, argues in his book, Doctoring the Mind: Is Our Current Treatment of Mental Illness Really Any Good?, for "treatment that focuses on the patient as much as on the brain in a setting that stresses a strong relationship between patient and doctor."  To read more . . .