Murder by Doctor's Orders. How the Best Intentions of Psychiatry Turned into a Nazi Program of Destruction: From Pinel's 'Moral Treatment' to Sonnenstein's Gas Chambers

'Murder by Doctor's Orders' is a book that forces a new look at psychiatry, the mind, and the very concept of 'normality'.
It is not just a historical investigation or a personal memoir. It is a bold attempt to connect a tragic past with a troubling present to show: how we treat people who think differently is a key test of humanity.
Suzanna Paola Antonetta reveals to the reader pages of history that are preferred to be forgotten:
– how eugenic ideas, born in 19th-century university laboratories, transformed into state policy of 'cleansing' society;
– how the first gas chambers of the 'T-4' program—prototype of future death camps—were built on the basis of psychiatric hospitals;
– how the doctrines of Emil Kraepelin, 'the father of modern psychiatry', subtly shaped approaches still used today;
– how the fear of otherness was turned into a scientific norm and diagnoses into social control.
It is important to read this to see: many ideas from the past continue to live within modern medicine.