Dr Marieke Bigg's No Such Thing as Normal: Disorders, Diagnoses and the Limits of Psychiatry offers a thorough examination of the field of psychiatry – its history and where we are today.
Bigg, a sociologist with a PHD from Cambridge University, sets out to investigate:
- Does the bio-medical model of psychiatry do more harm than good?
- How have issues of sexism and racism shaped the psychiatric field?
- Are we moving away from diagnoses being helpful and relevant?
- What role has the pharmaceutical industry played in the development of the psychiatric field?
- What are the different ways we can understand and support neurodivergence?
- The importance of choice in healthcare
- What would a more holistic, sociological model of psychiatry and mental health support look like?
Watch Alice McGurran's interview with Dr Marieke Bigg here:
