The emperor's new drugs : exploding the antidepressant myth /
Kirsch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, for years referred patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs before deciding to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs actually were. His research has demonstrated that what everyone knew about antidepressants...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Basic Books,
[2010]
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| Summary: | Kirsch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, for years referred patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs before deciding to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs actually were. His research has demonstrated that what everyone knew about antidepressants was wrong. Instead of treating depression with drugs, we've been treating it with suggestion. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: London : Bodley Head, 2009. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-218) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465020164 046502016X 0465022006 9780465022007 |