The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth - Softcover

Irving Kirsch

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9780465022007: The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
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ISBN 10: 0465022006 ISBN 13: 9780465022007
Publisher: Basic Books, 2011

Synopsis

Do antidepressants work? Of course -- everyone knows it. Like his colleagues, Irving 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. Over the course of the past fifteen years, however, Kirsch's research -- a thorough analysis of decades of Food and Drug Administration data -- has demonstrated that what everyone knew about antidepressants was wrong. Instead of treating depression with drugs, we've been treating it with suggestion.

The Emperor's New Drugs makes an overwhelming case that what had seemed a cornerstone of psychiatric treatment is little more than a faulty consensus. But Kirsch does more than just criticize: he offers a path society can follow so that we stop popping pills and start proper treatment for depression.

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About the Author

Irving Kirsch, Ph.D., a native of New York City, is a professor of psychology at the University of Hull, United Kingdom, as well as professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut. He lives in Hull, England.

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Publisher
Basic Books
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0465022006
ISBN 13 
9780465022007
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
241
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