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Una mirada compasiva y valiente a la forma en que nos hablamos en los momentos difciles. Seleccionado por The New York Times como uno de los mejores ttulos del ao. Finalista del National Book Critics Circle. Estremecedor, real y, al mismo tiempo, esperanzador. Un acercamiento lcido y tremendamente original a los abismos de la mente humana. Cuando Rachel Aviv tena tan solo 6 aos, sus padres recibieron un demoledor diagnstico para su hija: era anorxica. Rachel, quien ni siquiera saba lo que significaba la palabra, descubri que probablemente era la persona que haba sido etiquetada con ese trastorno a una edad ms temprana. A partir de esa experiencia, esta prestigiosa y combativa periodista cuestiona el beneficio o el perjuicio del diagnstico en salud mental y se sumerge en cuatro casos reales, cada uno ms impactante y revelador, para repasar cmo las etiquetas han determinado las dcadas ms recientes de la psiquiatra en el mundo occidental. El ensayo de Rachel Aviv recoge una investigacin fascinante y minuciosa sobre los abusos de esta rama de la medicina en cualquiera de sus disciplinas, y tambin pone nfasis en la importancia del entorno y de los otros en el proceso de curacin. Es, adems, un canto a la esperanza de superacin de los trastornos mentales. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A compassionate and brave look at how we talk to ourselves during difficult times. Selected by The New York Times as one of the best titles of the year. Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Stirring, real, and at the same time, hopeful. A lucid and tremendously original approach to the depths of the human mind. When Rachel Aviv was just 6 years old, her parents received a devastating diagnosis for their daughter: she was anorexic. Rachel, who didn’t even know what the word meant, discovered that she was probably the youngest person to be labeled with this disorder. From that experience, this prestigious and combative journalist questions the benefit or harm of mental health diagnoses and delves into four real cases, each more impactful and revealing, to review how labels have determined recent decades of psychiatry in the Western world. Rachel Aviv’s essay presents a fascinating and thorough investigation into the abuses of this branch of medicine in any of its disciplines, and also emphasizes the importance of the environment and others in the healing process. It is, furthermore, a hymn to the hope of overcoming mental disorders.

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