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In the Name of Help: A Novel Exposing Psychiatric Abuse

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A wonderful book giving details in a specific and personal way of the terrible psychiatric abuse that is rampant in society today. (The country of Italy has caught on and closed down all psychiatric facilities, Russia has banned all psychiatric drug imports, the USA FBI is raiding and closing psych facilities one after the other and the main stream media is finally catching on with expose's of over drugging of foster children for profit motives etc.) This book exposes in a very personal way the terrible crimes committed by psychiatrists in the name of help. Excellent reading.

First, I think the story is excellent and is well worth reading. However, the mass market edition was actually published before the trade book edition -- and it suffers from having a much lower level of editing that the later edition. (The physical book is also less attractive.) Since used copies of the trade book edition sell for about the same price as this edition, there's little point in purchasing this version. Get the trade book edition -- you'll appreciate the story more.

I have long had an interest in the mental health system, and psychiatric issues. Having a close family member who was hospitalized twice, given electric shock and medications, I had a good idea of what the mental health system can be like. This relative later went on to work in mental health field in order to help others who were going through similar issues, and was appalled at what went on. The rotating door, of patients coming in, being over-medicated and thrown out when the insurance ran out only to withdraw from those drugs on the streets, weeks later coming in again worse than when they began. The lack of empathy from over-worked staff, the red-tape, but especially the drugs. The over-drugging. The labeling, and drugging again. The attempted suicides by patients who obviously were not being helped. The zombies who were so out of their minds that they didn't even know their name or what day it was. This is real, and this book nailed it. This happens, this IS happening. The fact that some of the reviewers on here are so bigoted and caught up in what religion the author is instead of focusing on what the issue is, is appalling. Why are they not more outraged at our mental health system? Someone mentioned that they thought she was stuck back in the 50's ... WRONG! This goes on NOW. Some hospitals still administer electric shock treatment, including one in my own hometown. In fact things are worse. Everything has a label, kids are being put on drugs that are causing them to become more depressed, shoot up schools, commit suicide. We are a over-diagnosed, over-medicated society. There are people lost in the system without a voice. I applaud Ms. Klein for standing up and being a voice for some of those people. This is a good book. I could not put it down. It speaks the truth, and I would highly recommend it.

"In the Name of Help" is a compelling story of greed and corruption perpetrated under the guise of mental treatment.

It chronicles the life of Cathryn Solberg Kent, a once-beautiful woman who is dominated by an abusive husband and who then, after many electric shock treatments and two decades of addiction to psychiatric drugs, is caught in the web of a corrupt and uncaring judicial system.

Cathryn's life is taken over by a complete stranger who becomes her legal conservator and she is forced into living under demeaning conditions and subjected to further medication against her will.

She is fortunate however to have two college friends, Nick and Linda, who become aware of her plight and join together to help their friend recover her dignity.

As Nick and Linda uncover the trail of deceit and corruption which allowed Cathryn to lose all control over her life and person, unable to make even the most basic decisions in her life, they also discover their own love for each as their relationship matures into a romance based on honesty and trust.

Well researched and written from the heart, this novel opens our eyes to the common psychiatric abuses happening in our communities all across this country, yet ignored by the media. It is time that we woke up to the shameful treatment which so many fall victim to in this age of psychiatric drugs and uncaring laws.

This story is touching, tragic, and yet gives us hope for the future. It shows us how we can have hope for the future, and how decent people can prevail in the face of criminal "help".

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I actually know the author, she is very awesome. She told me how much she she had to work and research to get the correct information and data.
I thought that it was very true in a very frightening way. I think everyone should know of the evil the pshciatrists are spreading around, saying they are 'helping' people. Diane Klein does just that and I commend her for sticking a foot out to the wolves to get the truth out to the rest of us.

This book is a must read and one that I couldn't put down until done. We may like to think that evil isn't real and that evil things can't happen to us.....but after reading this book I don't think you will ever feel that way again. I know I won't. Psychiatric abuse is evil and it is real. Diane did a great job on this novel.

If you think you live in a free country where you are free to do as you please as long as you hurt no one, read this book! Diane Klein does a superb job of demonstrating Psychiatry's role in the prostitution of our Justice system. It clearly shows how profit and political gain motives are used for incarceration in psychiatric institutions -- in the name of help. Had I not had to excersise considerable effort to pull my mother out of one after a "nurse" working on commission put her in there, I might have not believed it... Ms. Klein's book, however, goes beyond exposing and documenting abuse potential. It puts the "which came first, the mental illness or the psychiatric drug?" question into proper perspective and leads to the inescapable conclusion in the majority of cases: "The drug!" The book also explores relationships and the potential of a determined person who is acting with genuine interest to help. By the end of the book, you can be sure that there is hope, there is help and YOU can do something about it. Gary Baren

This is still a novel, and a good read although the underlying story is quite alarming. One can understand how easily this type of scenario could happen and the churning of bureaucracy is more about making money than helping people. As well as being a little frightening there is a predictable love story running through the book that takes the sting out of what could easily be a real life situation. I not only enjoyed this book but it has left me with an after taste of consideration that most novels do not usually impart. A recommended read.

Diane Klein's book will awaken readers who have been misled by psychiatry and drug industry PR. No helpful technology under the guise of help - and what can happen to a person caught up in its web. Financial incentive drives this business as the reader will discover. Moments of definite excitement too. Hopefully the screenplay based on the book will be picked-up and produced sooner rather than later - the public will want to see this.

This book blasts the scam of ripping off loved ones and family's. It's "fiction" but way too true. Giving the Psychiatrists and the State power to decide to do what they want is a blatant disregard of all human rights. The irony of it all is the Psychiatrists don't even have a working definition or remedy of what mental illness is. It is like the car mechanic being the complete authority on cars but having no idea what is wrong or how to fix it. Would anyone really use a car mechanic like that or trust his word?