عنوان

Blaming the brain :

شابک

068484964X

شابک

9780684849645

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Blaming the brain :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the truth about drugs and mental health /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Elliot S. Valenstein

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Free Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c1998

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xi, 292 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-284) and index

متن يادداشت

Discoveries of Psychotherapeutic Drugs -- Theories of Drug Action and Biochemical Causes of Mental Disorder -- A Closer Look at the Evidence -- The interpretation of the Evidence -- How the Pharmaceutical Industry Promotes Drugs and Chemical theories of Mental Illness -- Other Special Interest Groups

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

In Blaming the Brain Elliot Valenstein exposes the many weaknesses inherent in the scientific arguments supporting the widely accepted theory that biochemical imbalances are the main cause of mental illness. Valenstein reveals how, beginning in the 1950s, the accidental discovery of a few mood-altering drugs stimulated an enormous interest in psychopharmacology, resulting in staggering growth and profits for the pharmaceutical industry. He lays bare the commercial motives of drug companies and their huge stake in expanding their markets. Prozac, Thorazine, and Zoloft are just a few of the psychoactive drugs that have dramatically changed practice in the mental health profession. Physicians today prescribe them in huge numbers even though, as several major studies reveal, their effectiveness and safety have been greatly exaggerated. Part history, part science, part expose, and part solution, Blaming the Brain sounds a clarion call throughout our culture of quick-fix pharmacology and our increasing reliance on drugs as a cure-all for mental illness. This provocative book will force patients, practitioners, and prescribers alike to rethink the causes of mental illness and the methods by which we treat it

عنوان

Blaming the brain.

عنوان

Blaming the brain.

موضوع مستند نشده

Brain-- Effect of drugs on

موضوع مستند نشده

Deceptive advertising

موضوع مستند نشده

Medical misconceptions

موضوع مستند نشده

Mental illness-- Etiology-- Physiological aspects

موضوع مستند نشده

Mental illness-- Pathophysiology

موضوع مستند نشده

Pharmaceutical industry-- Moral and ethical aspects

موضوع مستند نشده

Psychotropic drugs-- Marketing-- Moral and ethical aspects

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Valenstein, Elliot S

تاريخ عمليات

20131030085302.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y