Rape of the Soul [Paperback]

Ty Colbert (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A clear, accurate, and compassionate description of the dark side of biochemical psychiatry. -- Bertram P. Karon, Ph.D., author of Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia

A refreshing and professional approach affirming the truth that love can penetrate mental disorders and make a difference. -- Rev. Joseph Serbo, S.A., Ph.D., Academic Dean, Trinity College of Graduate Studies

One of the best examinations of the falsehoods behind the biochemical theory of emotional suffering. -- Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

About the Author

Ty Colbert, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and director of the Center of Psychological Alternatives to Biopsychiatry. The center is dedicated to educating both the professional and the public about the fallacies behind the inheritance and the chemical imbalance model of mental illness. Dr. Colbert is also the author of several other books including his internationally acclaimed Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts: What Causes Mental Illness.

Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: Kevco Pub (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964363526
• ISBN-13: 978-0964363526
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,104,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The true path toward healing., August 12, 2001

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Lindsay Koskinen (Allendale, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rape of the Soul (Paperback)

Along with other courageous authors such as Peter Breggin, Bert Karon, and David Cohen, Ty Colbert provides guidance for the true path toward healing. "Rape of the Soul" discerns truth about the causes and cures for people in emotional pain. It is clear that making these truths known is fundamentally a spiritual battle.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fabulous Book!, August 14, 2002

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Tom Mabee, Ph.D. (st. petersburg, fl United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rape of the Soul (Paperback)

Dr. Colbert has written a most understandable and practical text critical of the biopsychiatric model. In painstaking detail he explains the distortions and misdirection of that system which would have us believe human strife is largely due genetic and biochemical deficiencies or imbalances. In exceptionally clear fashion he details research findings and clarifies how many psychiatric explanations for "mental illness" are distorted and flawed.

In a very interesting fashion, Dr. Colbert examines various instances where drugs "appear" to work. He details this from both a theoretical and practical standpoint which greatly helps to de-confuse the mental health professional and layperson alike. Indeed, countless clients/ patients have experienced "relief" following consumption of various psycho tropic medications. Consequently, it is often very difficult for them to comprehend how one can challenge the helpfulness and apparent efficacy of drugs. Dr. Colbert offers cogent reasons for the experience of relief and explains why that is often a seductive outcome. But, that outcome so often fails to address fundamental personal and interpersonal issues that ultimately must be dealt with in order to achieve a true healing process.

In addition to the clear and in-depth examination of the issues under scrutiny, the author offers humane alternatives to medicating of human beings who are passionately struggling with life's meaning. Here, the rich humanistic, psycho dynamic, and systems perspectives that impact living are examined via examples from case studies.

As a psychotherapist and educator with a great many years of experience, I fully intend to make Dr. Colbert's work a required text in my classroom. In my opinion, it is one of the most significant books written in the field of mental health in the past 10 years.

Sincerely, Tom Mabee, Ph.D.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A watershed book, July 26, 2001

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Dathan A. Paterno - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rape of the Soul (Paperback)

I don't think I've ever read an entire book without blinking, but I came close with Colbert's masterpiece. I didn't want to miss a word. My own soul welled up with hope and passion as the simple understanding that emotional and spiritual pain cannot and should not be healed with drugs became crystal clear. This had always been my intuitive belief, but it is now buoyed by Colbert's thorough knowledge of the relevant research and his keen critique of the philosophy of the medical model of mental illness. In the past, whenever I read some new research "breakthrough" that screamed that biopscychiatry now knows the biological marker or cause for mental illness, my faith wavered. But it no longer does, thanks to Dr. Colbert's clear, passionate thinking.