Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the Classic Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1 The story of a depressed housewife -- 2 The Rescue Game -- 3 The sick role -- 4 The treatment barrier -- 5 Women's and men's role problems and psychiatry -- 6 The professionals and their training -- 7 A brief history of psychiatry -- 8 Physical treatments and the role of the drugindustry -- 9 Resistance in the system -- 10 Psychiatry and wider society -- 11 Pointers to the future -- Notes -- Index