Title: The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
Author: Jon Ronson
Publisher: Riverhead
Year: 2011
288 pages
Audiobook.
At a certain point I stopped taking notes on problems and inaccurate statements. Instead of a formal critique, I'll just say that this has the depth of a magazine article, with all the problems of superficiality and inxorrect information inherent in that genre. If you're not familiar with psychiatric diagnosis, how US psychiatric/psychological treatment works, or the criteria for civil commitment now vs. during Rosenhan's era almost 40 years ago, check Ronson's assertions before believing they're factual. As a narrative, it doesn't hang together very well and its conclusion appears to be "don't think you can diagnose people without adequate training," which I or any therapist could have told you when Ronson tries to diagnose himself with the DSM, if not before.
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