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Date of Publication: November 19, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2025.087
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Book Review
Sense and nonsensibility
Abstract:
Peter C Gotzsche. Is psychiatry a crime against humanity? Copenhagen: Institute for Scientific Freedom; 2024. 215 pages, ISBN: 978-87-85273-00-0.
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It must be difficult to review a book like this. Anti psychiatry is based on ‘truth’ at times but mostly on half truths, misinterpretations and observations that are skewed or biased. Psychiatry is inexact by nature and hence exposes itself to such treatment and is an easy target. There seems to be a need and demand to cater to a prejudiced, uninformed audience and that is fulfilled.
A superb review of what seems to be a difficult book.
All practitioners of clinical medicine will be aware that psychiatry is one of the most difficult specialities and most will be aware of at least one person who was greatly helped by skilful care. Damning the specialty and calling for it’s disbandment is hardly evidence based.