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- catalog abstract "In Blaming the Brain Elliot Valenstein exposes the many weaknesses inherent in the scientific arguments supporting the widely accepted theory that biochemical imbalances are the main cause of mental illness. Valenstein reveals how, beginning in the 1950s, the accidental discovery of a few mood-altering drugs stimulated an enormous interest in psychopharmacology, resulting in staggering growth and profits for the pharmaceutical industry. He lays bare the commercial motives of drug companies and their huge stake in expanding their markets. Prozac, Thorazine, and Zoloft are just a few of the psychoactive drugs that have dramatically changed practice in the mental health profession. Physicians today prescribe them in huge numbers even though, as several major studies reveal, their effectiveness and safety have been greatly exaggerated. Part history, part science, part expose, and part solution, Blaming the Brain sounds a clarion call throughout our culture of quick-fix pharmacology and our increasing reliance on drugs as a cure-all for mental illness. This provocative book will force patients, practitioners, and prescribers alike to rethink the causes of mental illness and the methods by which we treat it.".
- catalog contributor b11166171.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Discoveries of Psychotherapeutic Drugs -- Theories of Drug Action and Biochemical Causes of Mental Disorder -- A Closer Look at the Evidence -- The interpretation of the Evidence -- How the Pharmaceutical Industry Promotes Drugs and Chemical theories of Mental Illness -- Other Special Interest Groups.".
- catalog description "In Blaming the Brain Elliot Valenstein exposes the many weaknesses inherent in the scientific arguments supporting the widely accepted theory that biochemical imbalances are the main cause of mental illness. Valenstein reveals how, beginning in the 1950s, the accidental discovery of a few mood-altering drugs stimulated an enormous interest in psychopharmacology, resulting in staggering growth and profits for the pharmaceutical industry. He lays bare the commercial motives of drug companies and their huge stake in expanding their markets. Prozac, Thorazine, and Zoloft are just a few of the psychoactive drugs that have dramatically changed practice in the mental health profession. Physicians today prescribe them in huge numbers even though, as several major studies reveal, their effectiveness and safety have been greatly exaggerated. Part history, part science, part expose, and part solution, Blaming the Brain sounds a clarion call throughout our culture of quick-fix pharmacology and our increasing reliance on drugs as a cure-all for mental illness. This provocative book will force patients, practitioners, and prescribers alike to rethink the causes of mental illness and the methods by which we treat it.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-284) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 292 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Blaming the brain.".
- catalog identifier "068484964X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Blaming the brain.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog relation "Blaming the brain.".
- catalog subject "1999 A-174".
- catalog subject "616.89/071 21".
- catalog subject "Advertising as Topic.".
- catalog subject "Brain Effect of drugs on.".
- catalog subject "Brain drug effects.".
- catalog subject "Deceptive advertising.".
- catalog subject "Drug Industry.".
- catalog subject "Ethics, Medical.".
- catalog subject "Medical misconceptions.".
- catalog subject "Mental Disorders etiology.".
- catalog subject "Mental illness Etiology Physiological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Mental illness Pathophysiology.".
- catalog subject "Pharmaceutical industry Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Psychotropic Drugs.".
- catalog subject "Psychotropic drugs Marketing Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "RC455.4.B5 V35 1998".
- catalog subject "WM 140 V153b 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Discoveries of Psychotherapeutic Drugs -- Theories of Drug Action and Biochemical Causes of Mental Disorder -- A Closer Look at the Evidence -- The interpretation of the Evidence -- How the Pharmaceutical Industry Promotes Drugs and Chemical theories of Mental Illness -- Other Special Interest Groups.".
- catalog title "Blaming the brain : the truth about drugs and mental health / Elliot S. Valenstein.".
- catalog type "text".