Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs - Couverture souple

Moncrieff, Joanna

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906254176 ISBN 13 : 9781906254179

Editeur : PCCS Books, 2009

Synopsis

Psychiatric drugs and their use are amongst the most hotly debated issues in the 21st century. How they work, whether they are effective and how to understand the evidence, and explanations of the major categories of psychiatric drugs are all covered in this clearly written guide. The competing theories of drug action are also explained in easy-to-understand terms. Here, Joanna Moncrieff arms you with some of the information you'll need to make informed choices about psychiatric drugs. She provides an honest account of the uses of medication, when it is advised and what effects it may have. The book concludes with gives practical advice on the right questions to ask if you are prescribed medication for mental health problems and what happens on withdrawal of medication.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joanna Moncrieff is a senior lecturer at University College London and a practising consultant psychiatrist. She has developed a new approach to understanding psychiatric drug treatment, and done research on mechanisms of drug action, subjective responses to drug treatment and methodological problems with research evidence. She has also written about the influence of the pharmaceutical industry, and the history, politics and philosophy of psychiatry more generally. She is one of the founders and the co-chair person of the Critical Psychiatry Network. She is author of The Myth of the Chemical Cure and The Bitterest Pills (Palgrave), A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs (PCCS Books) and co-editor of De-Medicalising Misery and Demedicalising Misery 2 (Palgrave).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: PCCS Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906254176
• ISBN 13: 9781906254179
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 150
• Éditeur: Bentall Richard, Sanders Pete
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible