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The myth of the chemical cure :

0230589448

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9780230589445

9781281914804

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The myth of the chemical cure :

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a critique of psychiatric drug treatment

Joanna Moncrieff.

Basingstoke ; New York

Palgrave Macmillan

2008

(xi, 278 pages) : illustrations

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.

This book overturns the idea that psychiatric drugs work by correcting chemical imbalance and analyzes the professional, commercial and political vested interests that have shaped this view. It provides a comprehensive critique of research on drugs including antidepressants, antipsychotics and mood stabilizers.

Mental illness -- Chemotherapy -- Evaluation.

Psychopharmacology -- Evaluation.

Psychotropic drugs -- Evaluation.

Joanna Moncrieff.

Joanna Moncrieff

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