James Davies Collection 2 Books Set: Cracked & Sedated - Psychology Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set

Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good
Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created our Mental Health Crisis

Condition: New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781848316546 (Cracked) / 9781786499875 (Sedated)
Publisher: Icon Books / Atlantic Books

Overview
This paperback collection brings together James Davies' most influential critiques of modern mental healthcare. Cracked exposes the pseudo-science behind psychiatric diagnosis, while Sedated examines how capitalism fuels our mental health crisis. Together, they offer an evidence-based challenge to how society understands, treats and profits from emotional distress, making this set essential reading for anyone questioning the medicalisation of everyday suffering.

About the Books
In Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good, psychotherapist and anthropologist James Davies draws on interviews with leading psychiatrists, including a key DSM architect, to reveal how the number of recognised mental disorders has ballooned from 106 in 1952 to 374 today. He argues that pharmaceutical profit, rather than sound science, drives much of modern diagnosis, with negative drug trials buried and antidepressants performing little better than placebo. It is a controversial, tightly argued indictment of an industry that has, in Davies' view, prioritised riches and status over patient wellbeing. Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created our Mental Health Crisis extends this argument outward. Davies shows that more than a fifth of UK adults now take a psychiatric drug each year, a rise of over 500% since 1980, and asks why. Rather than treating distress as a natural response to insecure work and inequality, he contends we have wrongly located the problem inside individual brains. Drawing on studies, policy analysis and expert interviews, Davies builds an urgent case that governments and big business have promoted this individualistic model because it is convenient and profitable, even though it fails the people it claims to help.

• Two full-length paperbacks by acclaimed author and academic James Davies
• Evidence-based, meticulously researched critique of psychiatry and capitalism
• Accessible, general-readership style despite serious academic grounding
• Ideal for readers interested in mental health, sociology, or Big Pharma exposés
• Thought-provoking gift for anyone in healthcare, psychology or social policy
• Brand new paperback condition, ready to read straight away

About the Author
James Davies is a psychotherapist and academic who obtained his PhD in medical and social anthropology from the University of Oxford. He has worked clinically within the NHS and is a senior lecturer in social anthropology and psychology at the University of Roehampton, London, later becoming a Reader in Medical Anthropology and Psychiatry. He has lectured at Harvard, Brown, Oxford and other leading universities, and writes for the New Scientist and Therapy Today. He is also the author of The Importance of Suffering.

Why You'll Love This Collection
Sharp, courageous and rigorously researched, this pairing of Cracked and Sedated will change how you think about mental illness, medication and modern life. Perfect for curious minds, healthcare professionals, and anyone ready to question the official story on psychiatry.

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