MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02225cam a22003978a 4500
001 2007051221
003 DLC
005 20080207102311.0
008 071217s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007051221
020 $a9780230574311
020 $a0230574319
035 $a(DNLM)101461884
040 $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRC483$b.M66 2008
060 10 $aQV 77.2$bM739m 2008
082 00 $a615/.78$222
100 1 $aMoncrieff, Joanna,$d1966-
245 14 $aThe myth of the chemical cure :$ba critique of psychiatric drug treatment /$cJoanna Moncrieff.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2008.
263 $a0803
300 $ap. ;$ccm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe disease centred model of drug action in psychiatry -- An alternative drug centred model of drug action -- Physical treatments and the disease centred model -- The arrival of the new drugs and the influence of interest groups -- The birth of the idea of an "antipsychotic" -- Are neuroleptics effective and specific? a review of the evidence -- What do neuroleptics really do? a drug centred account -- The construction of the "antidepressant" -- Is there such a thing as an antidepressant? a review of the evidence -- What do antidepressants really do? -- The idea of special drugs for manic depression -- Evidence on the action of lithium and mood stabilisers -- Democratic drug treatment: implications of the drug centred model -- The myth of the chemical cure.
650 0 $aPsychopharmacology$xEvaluation.
650 0 $aMental illness$xChemotherapy$xEvaluation.
650 0 $aPsychotropic drugs$xEvaluation.
650 12 $aPsychotropic Drugs$xadverse effects.
650 12 $aPsychotropic Drugs$xtherapeutic use.
650 22 $aMental Disorders$xdrug therapy.
650 22 $aPsychopharmacology.
650 22 $aTreatment Failure.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007051221-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007051221-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007051221-t.html