| Description |
464 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in 1991. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-449) and index. |
| Contents |
Psychiatry out of control -- PART I: "Schizophrenic" overwhelm and neuroleptic drugs. Understanding the passion of "schizophrenic" overwhelm -- Suppressing "schizophrenic" overwhelm with neuroleptic drugs: medical miracles or chemical lobotomy? the effects of Haldol, Prolixin, Thorazine, Mellaril, and other "antipsychotic" drugs -- The "miracle drugs" cause the worst plague of brain damage in medical history -- The biology and genetics of "schizophrenic" overwhelm -- -- PART II: "Depressive" and 'manic-depressive" overwhelm, antidepressants, lithium, and electroshock. Understanding the passion of "depressive" and "manic-depressive" (bipolar) overwhelm -- The biology of "depressive" and "manic-depressive" overwhelm -- Suppressing "depressive" and "manic-depressive" overwhelm with lithium and antidepressants, including Elavil and Prozac -- "Shock treatment is not good for your brain" -- -- PART III: " Anxiety" overwhelm and the minor tranquilizers. Understanding the passion of anxiety overwhelm: panic attacks, depersonalization, phobias, obsessions and compulsions, addictions, and eating disorders -- Suppressing the passion of anxiety overwhelm with drugs: the minor tranquilizers, including Xanax, Valium, BuSpar, Ativan, and Halcion, and the antidepressant Anafranil -- -- PART IV: Women, children, the homeless, and the psycho-pharmaceutical complex. Abandoning responsibility for our children: a critique of hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, dyslexia, autism, and other diagnoses -- Suppressing the passion of children with hospitalization and with drugs, such as Ritalin and Mellaril -- Suppressing the passion of women -- Psychiatry and the psycho-pharmaceutical complex -- -- PART V: Psychosocial alternatives. Psychotherapy and psychosocial programs. |
| Subject |
Biological psychiatry -- Evaluation.
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Biological Psychiatry.
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| ISBN |
0312113668 paperback |
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9780312113667 paperback |
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