Edward Shorter

Before Prozac

The Troubled History of Mood Disorders in Psychiatry

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Produktbeschreibung

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 to test new products only against placebo.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9780195368741
• ISBN-10: 0195368746
• Artikelnr.: 24423364

Autorenporträt

Edward Shorter is Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Before Psychopharmacology
3: The First Drug Set
4: Power Play
5: Killer Drugs!
6: Death Sentences
7: "This Plague of Affective Disorders"
8: Losing Ground
9: What Now?
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