The Myth of the Chemical Cure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Myth of the Chemical Cure write by J. Moncrieff. This book was released on 2016-04-13. The Myth of the Chemical Cure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Bitterest Pills
The Bitterest Pills - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Bitterest Pills write by J. Moncrieff. This book was released on 2013-09-15. The Bitterest Pills available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A challenging reappraisal of the history of antipsychotics, revealing how they were transformed from neurological poisons into magical cures, their benefits exaggerated and their toxic effects minimized or ignored.
The Emperor's New Drugs
The Emperor's New Drugs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Emperor's New Drugs write by Irving Kirsch. This book was released on 2010-01-26. The Emperor's New Drugs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Do antidepressants work? Of course -- everyone knows it. Like his colleagues, Irving Kirsch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, for years referred patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs before deciding to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs actually were. Over the course of the past fifteen years, however, Kirsch's research -- a thorough analysis of decades of Food and Drug Administration data -- has demonstrated that what everyone knew about antidepressants was wrong. Instead of treating depression with drugs, we've been treating it with suggestion. The Emperor's New Drugs makes an overwhelming case that what had seemed a cornerstone of psychiatric treatment is little more than a faulty consensus. But Kirsch does more than just criticize: he offers a path society can follow so that we stop popping pills and start proper treatment for depression.
A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs
A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs write by Joanna Moncrieff. This book was released on 2020-09-24. A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In an era when more people are taking psychiatric drugs than ever before, Joanna Moncrieff's explosive book challenges the claims for their mythical powers. Drawing on extensive research, she demonstrates that psychiatric drugs do not 'treat' or 'cure' mental illness by acting on hypothesised chemical imbalances or other abnormalities in the brain. There is no evidence for any of these ideas. Moreover, any relief the drugs may offer from the distress and disturbance of a mental disorder can come at great cost to people's physical health and their ability to function in day-to-day life. And, once on these drugs, coming off them can be very difficult indeed. This book is a wake-up call to the potential damage we are doing to ourselves by relying on chemical cures for human distress. Its clear, concise explanations will enable people to make a fully informed decision about the benefits and harms of these drugs and whether and how to come off them if they so choose.
Blaming the Brain
Blaming the Brain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blaming the Brain write by Elliot Valenstein. This book was released on 2002-02. Blaming the Brain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Blaming the Brain Elliott 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. He lays bare the commercial motives of drug companies and their huge stake in expanding their markets. 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.
