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100 1 $aBarber, Charles,$d1962-
245 10 $aComfortably numb :$bhow psychiatry is medicating a nation /$cCharles Barber.
250 $a1st Vintage books ed.
260 $aNew York :$bVintage Books,$c2009.
300 $axix, 280 pages :$billustrations ;$c21 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-266) and index.
505 00 $tForeword : "So hip, so quickly" --$gpt. 1.$tNeurons, incorporated --$g1.$tWho medicated Iowa? --$g2.$tThe commerce of mood --$g3.$tThe triumph of biological psychiatry --$g4.$tAmerican misery --$gpt. 2.$tA series of alternative approaches --$g5.$tCogito, ergo sum --$g6.$tThe human factor --$g7.$tThe sea snail syndrome --$tPostscript : Emotional rescue --$tAcknowledgments --$tNotes --$tIndex.
520 $aPublic perceptions of mental health issues have changed dramatically over the last fifteen years, and nowhere more than in the rampant overmedication of ordinary Americans. In 2006, 227 million antidepressant prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, more than any other class of medication; that year, the United States accounted for 66% of the global market. Here, psychiatrist Barber provides a context for this disturbing phenomenon. He explores the ways in which pharmaceutical companies first create the need for a drug and then rush to fill it, and he reveals the increasing pressure Americans are under to medicate themselves. Most importantly, he argues that without an industry to promote them, non-pharmaceutical approaches that could have the potential to help millions are tragically overlooked by a nation that sees drugs as an instant cure for all emotional difficulties.--$cFrom publisher description.
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