Description |
xi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-271) and index. |
Contents |
The disease-centred model of drug action in psychiatry -- An alternative drug-centred model of drug action -- Physical treatments and the disease-centred model -- The arrival of the new drugs and the influence of interest groups -- The birth of the idea of an 'antipsychotic' -- Are neuroleptics effective and specific? a review of the evidence -- What do neuroleptics really do? a drug-centred account -- The construction of the 'antidepressant' -- Is there such a thing as an 'antidepressant'? a review of the evidence -- What do antidepressants really do? -- The idea of special drugs for manic depression (bipolar disorder) -- Evidence on the action of lithium and 'mood stabilisers' -- Democratic drug treatment: implications of the drug-centred model -- The myth of the chemical cure. |
Subject |
Psychopharmacology -- Evaluation.
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Psychopharmacology. |
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Evaluation. |
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Mental illness -- Chemotherapy -- Evaluation.
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Mental illness -- Chemotherapy -- Evaluation. |
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Mental illness -- Chemotherapy. |
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Psychotropic drugs -- Evaluation.
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Psychotropic drugs. |
ISBN |
9780230574311 |
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0230574319 |
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