In an era when more people are taking psychiatric drugs than ever before, Joanna Moncrieff's explosive book challenges the claims for their mythical powers. Drawing on extensive research, she demonstrates that psychiatric drugs do not 'treat' or 'cure' mental illness by acting on hypothesised chemical imbalances or other abnormalities in the brain. There is no evidence for any of these ideas. Moreover, any relief the drugs may offer from the distress and disturbance of a mental disorder can come at great cost to people's ...
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In an era when more people are taking psychiatric drugs than ever before, Joanna Moncrieff's explosive book challenges the claims for their mythical powers. Drawing on extensive research, she demonstrates that psychiatric drugs do not 'treat' or 'cure' mental illness by acting on hypothesised chemical imbalances or other abnormalities in the brain. There is no evidence for any of these ideas. Moreover, any relief the drugs may offer from the distress and disturbance of a mental disorder can come at great cost to people's physical health and their ability to function in day-to-day life. And, once on these drugs, coming off them can be very difficult indeed. This book is a wake-up call to the potential damage we are doing to ourselves by relying on chemical cures for human distress. Its clear, concise explanations will enable people to make a fully informed decision about the benefits and harms of these drugs and whether and how to come off them if they so choose.
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Fair. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. pp. 236. Book in good condition but contains copious pencil underlinings. An 'explosive book' that 'challenges the inflated claims for the powers' of psychiatric drugs. An undated edition that uses the latest research to 'explode the myth that psychiatric drugs 'treat' mental illness by acting on hypothesised chemical imbalances and other abnormalities in the brain'. Instead 'any relief they may offer can come at great cost to people's physical health and day-to-day lives. And coming off them can be very difficult indeed. ' From the cover.
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