Saving Abnormal: The Disorder of Psychiatric Genetics

by Daniel R. Berger II

In Saving Abnormal, Dr. Daniel Berger II presents an eye-opening account of both the historic origins and development of the current bio-psycho-social/neo-Kraepelinian model of mental illness, as well as how and why creating and asserting concepts of abnormality/degeneracy upon society is vital to sustain psychiatry’s existence. This book explores the key figures, important historic events, and clear scientific evidence so that the reader can gain understanding about the bio-psycho-social approach to the human soul/psyche, why it continues to fail, and why it must be discarded. More importantly, the book offers an alternative perspective that has historically shown to lead people into genuine hope and deliverance from their mental, emotional, and behavioral struggles. From its genesis in race psychology, through its ushering in the Holocaust, and to its current destructive results, the genetic theory of mental illness continues to be a history of stigmatizing people in need of help and of harming individuals and entire societies. The currently held construct of mental illness is simply not an approach to human nature and human phenomena that saves lives or rightly explains the human condition. Instead, it is a phenomenology that judges some people to be categorically “unhealthy”/abnormal, blames it on their biology, and positions them mentally to be hopeless products of mother nature’s selection.In addition to the history of the medical model, Dr. Berger also discusses in detail the foundational tenets of faith that undergird the currently popular genetic/eugenic theory of mental illness that are embraced by all who promote this paradigm. What should become apparent when the facts are discerned is that psychiatric genetics is primarily a worldview, not an empirical field. Saving Abnormal presents a wealth of evidence to consider and calls for a paradigm shift in the way the human soul/psyche is framed and approached.

561 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 30, 2020

About the author

Dr. Daniel R. Berger II is the founder and direct of Alethia International Ministries (AIM), where he continues to speak around the country at various conferences and ministries. He is also an experienced pastor, counselor, school administrator, and the author of numerous books on Christian counseling, practical theology, education, and the history and philosophy of the mental health construct. Daniel attended Bob Jones University and Florida International University, where he earned four degrees in counseling and theology. He is also a certified member of the International Association of Biblical Counselors (IABC). When he is not speaking, he and his wife Oriana live in Greenville South Carolina with their three children.

Reviews

[Blake · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most exciting times in a baseball game is the grand slam home run. It's even more exciting if it's what is called "a walk-off home run." When it comes to writing books, Dr. Daniel Berger II has smashed a grand slam home run in, what may well be, his most critical book to date. Though while hoping this isn't Dr. Berger's "walk off" book, Saving Abnormal is perhaps one of the most timely books of our day. It is informative. It is educational. It is factual. And it confronts a false belief system within the psychiatric world. Many have assumed that the eugenics of Nazi Germany died with Hitler and his regime. Not so fast there with the assumptions. The same philosophical underpinnings of the eugenics of the 30's and 40's has simply slid under the proverbial radar, disguised with new labeling. The core philosophy of the eugenics of the Nazi's is alive and well. This book ought to be read by every psychiatrist, every psychologist, every psychotherapist, every neurologist, every Christian counselor, every Biblical Counselor, etc. It's a landmark book that addresses a critical mindset that has a grip on the psychiatric world and readers would do well to ponder deeply the contents therein.