The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology
The Age of Psychopharmacology began with a brilliant rise in the 1950s, when for the first time science entered the study of drugs that affect the brain and mind. But, esteemed historian Edward Shorter argues that there has been a recent fall, as the field has seen its drug offerings impoverished and its diagnoses distorted by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The new drugs, such as Prozac, have been less effective than the old. The new diagnoses, such as major depression, have strayed increasingly from the real disorders of most patients. Behind this disaster has been the invasion of the field by the pharmaceutical i…
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- ISBN: 978-0-19-757444-7
- EAN: 9780197574447
- Produktnummer: 37350101
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 27'218 KB
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Edward ShorterProfessor of Psychiatry, Professor of the History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
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