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BL
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719492
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b539184
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| Main Entry
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Joanna Moncrieff.
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The myth of the chemical cure : : a critique of psychiatric drug treatment\ Joanna Moncrieff.
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| Publication Statement
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Basingstoke ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
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(xi, 278 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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0230589448
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: 1281914800
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: 9780230589445
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: 9781281914804
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Mental illness -- Chemotherapy -- Evaluation.
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Psychopharmacology -- Evaluation.
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Psychotropic drugs -- Evaluation.
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RC483.J636 2008
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Joanna Moncrieff
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