Before Prozac : the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry

Before Prozac the troubled history of mood disorders in psychiatry

In this volume, Shorter presents a revealing account of why psychiatry is 'losing ground' in the struggle to treat depression. It focuses on an unexpected villain - the FDA, the very agency charged with ensuring drug safety and effectiveness. Shorter describes how the FDA permits companies...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shorter, Edward (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2009.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Subjects:
Affective disorders > Chemotherapy > United States > History.
Psychotropic drugs > United States > History.
Psychopharmacology > United States > History.
Serotonin uptake inhibitors > Therapeutic use > History.
Psychotropic drugs industry > United States > History.
Pharmaceutical policy > United States > History.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798517506719
Table of Contents:
  • Before psychopharmacology
  • The first drug set
  • Power play
  • Killer drugs!
  • Death sentences
  • "The plague of affective disorders"
  • Losing ground
  • What now?

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