عنوان

The bitterest pills :

شابک

1137277424

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1137277432

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1137277440

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9781137277428

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9781137277435

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9781137277442

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

The bitterest pills :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the troubling story of antipsychotic drugs /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Joanna Moncrieff, University College London, UK

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiv, 278 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

23 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-268) and index

متن يادداشت

Cure or curse : what are antipsychotics? -- Chlorpromazine : the first wonder drug -- Magic bullets : the development of ideas on drug action -- Building a house of cards : the dopamine theory of schizophrenia and drug action -- The phoenix rises : from tardive dyskinesia to the introduction of the 'atypicals' -- Looking where the light is : randomised controlled trials of antipsychotics -- The patient's dilemma : other evidence on the effects of antipsychotics -- Chemical cosh : antipsychotics and chemical restraint -- Old and new drug-induced problems -- The first tentacles : the 'early intervention in psychosis' movement -- The antipsychotic epidemic : prescribing in the twenty-first century -- All is not as it seems -- Appendix 1: Common antipsychotic drugs -- Appendix 2: Accounts of schizophrenia and psychosis

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"Antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drugs have become some of the biggest blockbusters of the early 21st century, increasingly prescribed not just to people with 'schizophrenia' or other severe forms of mental disturbance but for a range of more common psychological complaints. This book challenges the accepted account that portrays antipsychotics as specific treatments that target an underlying brain disease and explores early views that suggested, in contrast, that antipsychotics achieve their effects by inducing a state of neurological suppression. Professional enthusiasm for antipsychotics eclipsed this understanding, exaggerated the benefits of antipsychotics and minimized or ignored evidence of their toxic effects. The pharmaceutical industry has been involved in expanding the use of antipsychotics into territory where it is likely that their dangers far outweigh their advantages"--

موضوع مستند نشده

Antipsychotic drugs-- Side effects

موضوع مستند نشده

Antipsychotic Agents-- adverse effects

موضوع مستند نشده

Mental Disorders-- drug therapy

شماره رده

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نشانه اثر

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Moncrieff, Joanna,1966-

تاريخ عمليات

20160427150151.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y