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The use and misuse of psychiatric drugs : an evidence-based critique /

The message of this book is that psychiatrists have some very good drugs, but can expect bad results when they are over-used, prescribed outside of evidence-based indications, or given to the wrong patients. While acknowledging that many current agents are highly effective and have revolutionized th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paris, Joel, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The history of psychopharmacology
  • The science of psychopharmacology
  • The pharmaceutical industry
  • Antipsychotics : for better and for worse
  • Mood stabilizers and mood instability
  • Antidepressants and anxiolytics
  • Prescribing for children and adolescents
  • The path to polypharmacy
  • Alternatives to drugs
  • Medicalizing distress
  • The future of psychopharmacology.