| International Standard Book Number |
9780593594292 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593594285 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593594282 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Kidia, Khameer, author.
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| Title Statement |
Empire of madness : reimagining western mental health care for everyone / Khameer Kidia.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xxiii, 355 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Part I: History (Hx). Nervous breakdowns -- Nervous conditions -- Bees bomb -- Saviors and saps -- $4 million cappuccinos -- The myth of the chemical imbalance -- Part II: Diagnosis (Dx). Little blue pills -- "Brain disease" -- Mongo -- Thinking too much -- Death by debt -- Treasure nest -- Hell on earth -- Dopamine -- Gatekeeping -- Pearls and protest psychosis -- Haldol sardines -- Band-aids -- We are all being traumatized! -- Part III: Prescription (Rx). Patient-doctor -- Cognitive liberty -- Friendship bench -- The magic of grandmothers -- Nervous reparations -- I am because we are -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: Words matter -- Appendix II: Methods and position.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"In Empire of Madness, Dr. Khameer Kidia re-evaluates the Western approach to mental health, which medicates symptoms instead of changing the structures that harm the human psyche. A physician and researcher whose own family suffers from the psychological effects of colonialism, Kidia highlights the limitations of the Western mental health model by reporting from the front lines of mental health crises at home, in the clinic, and during a decade of fieldwork." -- Amazon.com.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"What if the mainstay of mental health care involved cancelling onerous debt, giving poor people free housing, and paying reparations to the descendants of slavery and colonialism? In Empire of Madness, Dr. Khameer Kidia re-evaluates the Western approach to mental health, which medicates symptoms instead of changing the structures that harm the human psyche. A physician and researcher whose own family suffers from the psychological effects of colonialism, Kidia highlights the limitations of the Western mental health model by reporting from the front lines of mental health crises at home, in the clinic, and during a decade of fieldwork. Clear-eyed and openhearted, Kidia asks the nuanced questions unaddressed by our current mental health model: How do history, culture, and politics shape mental distress? Are hoarding and burnout medical diagnoses or social problems? Why are schizophrenia outcomes sometimes better in poor countries without antipsychotics? Can a traditional healer treat mental illness better than a Western-trained clinician? For those living in poverty, can cash replace pills? With rigorous research, cutting analysis, and illuminating prose, Kidia invites us to reimagine mental health as a global idea where our wellbeing is mutual and everyone's voice -- patients, caregivers, and healthcare workers alike -- matters." -- Book jacket.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mental illness.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mental health.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mental illness Treatment.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mental illness Diagnosis Social aspects.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Psychiatry Moral and ethical aspects.
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