Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent - Hardcover

Jackson, Grace E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1420867415 ISBN 13: 9781420867411

Verlag: AuthorHouse, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

-- Are patients aware of the fact that pharmacological therapies stress the brain in ways which may prevent or postpone symptomatic and functional recovery ? ==================================================== Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent is a critical appraisal of the medications which an estimated 20% of Americans consume on a regular (and sometimes involuntary) basis. It is the philosophically, epidemiologically, and scientifically supported revelation of how and why psychiatry's drug therapies have contributed to a standard of care which frequently does more to harm than to cure. Extensively researched and documented, the book addresses: -- the process by which psychiatric drugs reach the market -- the history and philosophy of Evidence Based Medicine -- the common flaws in research methodologies which negate the validity of the psychiatric RCT (Randomized Controlled Trial) -- the problem of allostatic load (how drugs stress the body) -- the history, long term effects, and utility of the drugs used to suppress symptoms of depression, psychosis, inattention and hyperactivity -- the effectiveness of alternatives to medication Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent exposes the current crisis in medical ethics and epistemology, and attempts to restore to psychiatry an authentically informed consent to care.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1420867415
• ISBN 13: 9781420867411
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 420
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